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Star India’s OTT strategy in UK drives Sky IPL rights loss
Media company Star India’s plans to use the Indian Premier League to develop its Hotstar OTT platform in the UK drove pay-television broadcaster Sky’s loss of the property, SportBusiness Media understands.
NBC and Sky announce golf Players Championship collaboration
US network NBC and UK pay-television broadcaster Sky announced Monday that they will collaborate on coverage of golf’s Players Championship, the US PGA tour’s flagship event, which takes place this wee…
Sky grabs IndyCar media rights in UK from BT Sports
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired multi-year exclusive broadcast rights in the UK to the North American IndyCar series starting from 2019, taking over coverage from rival BT Sport
Sky’s reunion with US PGA Championship to stretch to 2023
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports’ new rights deal for the US PGA Championship is for the five-year period from 2019 to 2023, SportBusiness Media understands. This marks a rebuilding of the long-term partnership between rights-holder and broadcaster that ended in 2016 when Sky refused to meet rights distributor IMG’s valuation of the property.
Bellator MMA given a fighting chance in the UK with Sky, Channel 5 deals
Bellator MMA has been waiting years for a consistent broadcast deal in the UK and Ireland. Now two have arrived at once
Sky acquires rights in UK & Ireland to Bellator MMA
MMA promotion Bellator’s US-based events will be shown on Sky in the UK, adding to a deal for Europe-based events with Channel 5.
Sky’s dominance of domestic football rights will help with customer retention
Sky’s renewal of the exclusive live rights to the English Football League and the stronger grip it has taken on the rights to the Scottish Professional Football League – to add to its dominance of Pre…
EFL’s new Sky deal angers ex-Premier League clubs
The English Football League’s decision to sign off on a five-season, £595m (€669m/$765m) deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky has caused deep divisions within its membership. A n
Sky acquire near-live Premier League rights from 2019-20
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has added near-live extended and mobile clip rights to its coverage of the English Premier League, in a new three-season deal, from 2019-20 to 2021-22
NBA more than doubles its money via Sky deal in the UK and Ireland
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has paid an increase of more than 130 per cent to claim NBA rights in the UK and Ireland.
Sky has struck a four-season deal, from 2018-19 to 2021-22, worth about $3
European Tour strikes new Sky deals as wide-ranging Discovery agreement draws near
The European Tour agreed new deals with Sky in the UK and Ireland as well as in Germany, Austria and Switzerland last month, as a multi-territory agreement with Discovery nears completion.
Eleven Sports’ ‘3pm blackout’ challenge could see rule scrapped
Eleven Sports’ decision to break one of the golden rules of UK sports broadcasting – the ‘3pm blackout’ – has created a legal quandary that could result in it being scrapped altogether.
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Comcast beats Fox to 61 per cent stake in Sky
The independent directors of UK pay-television operator Sky have recommended its shareholders accept Comcast’s £30.5bn ($40bn/€34bn) takeover offer.
Channel 4 to show F1 in 2019 after partnering with Sky
Another content partnership in the UK will allow commercial broadcaster Channel 4 to show live coverage of the Formula One British Grand Prix in 2019, along with highlights from all races that season.
IMG to go market-by-market with MLS rights after Eurosport pulls out
The IMG agency is expected to sell rights to Major League Soccer across Europe on a market-by-market basis from next season following Eurosport’s decision not to renew its deal for the next four-year c…
Sky signs extended deal for Joshua fights
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has reached an agreement to cover Anthony Joshua’s fights for a further three years after the world heavyweight champion boxer signed a new deal with promoter Matchroom.
Difficult sales process helps the Premier League in Ofcom battle
The Premier League’s 20 clubs are unconcerned about the small drop in the value of their domestic live rights in the next cycle, following deals this month with BT and Amazon that brought the protracted sales process to a close.