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UK pay-television broadcaster Sky picked up Chinese Super League rights last week for a fairly small rights-fee over the next two-and-a-half years.

England’s Premier League clubs will enjoy much greater freedom from the 2016-17 season in how they can exploit content globally on social media. The benefits could be considerable in terms of expanding the reach of a club’s brand and could also help drive revenues for the biggest clubs.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has announced that it will begin its coverage of this year’s edition of golf’s Open Championship with a free service plan.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is set to complete a new deal in the UK and Ireland with incumbent broadcaster BT Sport which will more than double its current media-rights income.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has launched a triple-play service through its online streaming service Now TV.

A series of recently-agreed and impending deals could see the Professional Darts Corporation's global income rise 50 per cent in 2017.

The England & Wales Cricket Board is set to launch a tender for domestic rights this autumn, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

The International Champions Cup increased rights fees for its 2016 edition in new deals in the UK and Russia last week.

Moving coverage exclusively to pay-television in the UK helped Formula One Management increase its media-rights value significantly last month.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky has struck a deal to become the exclusive rights-holder in the UK and Ireland for the Formula One motor-racing world championship from 2019.

European broadcast group Sky has formed a new virtual reality division as part of its ongoing commitment to integrate the technology into its sports coverage.

Digital sports media content company Whistle Sports has closed its latest round of Series C funding having secured investment from European broadcast group Sky and the NBC Sports Ventures division of US media group NBCUniversal.

US football streaming platform fuboTV has raised $15m (€13.4m) in a Series B funding round led by investments from European pay-television broadcast group Sky and US media company 21st Century Fox.

Paraic Duffy, director general of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Ireland, has stated his desire to extend contracts with pay-television broadcasters, despite calls for games to return to free-to-air channels.

Southern hemisphere rugby rights have increased significantly in global value, driven by explosive growth in the UK, France and the Middle East, and supported by strong returns in difficult core markets.

Telco Altice last week blindsided French broadcasters to acquire Premier League rights in the country with a knockout first-round bid.