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Sky activates clause to trigger Scottish football renewals
Scottish football will remain split between pay-television broadcasters after a clause in Sky’s contract triggered an early renewal process.
Sky snaps up Bangladesh tour
Sky paid a significant fee to secure rights to England’s tour of Bangladesh in 2016. The deal ensures Sky has rights to all England international cricket for the next two years.
Sky, Whistle Sports launch football social media channel
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky and US cross-platform media network Whistle Sports have launched a new social media channel dedicated to creating original football content.
Sky adds NFL games as BBC picks up marquee matches
Fewer NFL American football matches will be shown free-to-air in the UK in the 2015 season, but the league has secured deals which it believes will still reach a wide audience.
Sky hits back with PCB rights
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky last week bought rights to the upcoming England v Pakistan cricket series in an attempt to shore up its cricket content.
Sky, BT Sport extend coverage of Scottish top flight
UK pay-television broadcasters Sky and BT Sport have extended rights deals for coverage of the Scottish Professional Football League’s Premiership.
Sky adds Bangladesh tour to England rights package
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has locked down rights to all matches featuring the England national cricket team for the next two years after securing a deal for its tour of Bangladesh in 2016.
Sky lands UK rights to Klitschko-Fury
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired rights to Tyson Fury’s world heavyweight boxing title clash with Wladimir Klitschko on October 24.
Sky secures rights for England’s tour of Pakistan
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired rights for the England national cricket team’s tour against Pakistan later this year.
BT pouches Ashes rights
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport this week blindsided its main rival Sky by picking up Ashes cricket rights, paying a rights-fee increase of about 20 per cent.
Altice signals sport intent with deal for Premiership Rugby
French telco Altice signalled its intent to bid aggressively for sports rights late last month, teaming up with RDA TV to buy international Premiership Rugby rights.
Pitch returns to RFU’s table through Sky partnership
The Pitch International agency has agreed a deal with UK pay-television broadcaster Sky under which the two companies will market the English national rugby union team’s international rights.
Sky links up with News UK for goal clips service
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has struck a new digital partnership with News UK-owned newspaper the Sun.
LaLiga rights set to switch from Sky to BT Sport – reports
Pay-television broadcaster BT Sport is set to replace rival Sky as the UK rights holder for LaLiga, the top division of Spanish football, according to multiple media reports.
Sky buoyant after beating full year forecasts
European pay-television group Sky today (Wednesday) said it expects to perform strongly in its new financial year after posting better-than-expected profits for 2014-15.
Ofcom consults on Sky’s sports rights reciprocity claim
UK media regulator Ofcom has launched a supplementary consultation over whether pay-television broadcaster Sky’s demand that rival operators supply key sports rights in exchange for its own sports content “would prejudice fair and effective competition”.
Sky backing English T20 relaunch – report
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has offered the England and Wales Cricket Board £40m (€56.3m/$62m) annually for the global rights to a proposed city-based Twenty20 tournament slated to launch in 2017, according to The Observer.
Premier League boosts coverage in China; sells UK clips
The value of Premier League internet rights increased hugely in deals in China, but the value of digital clips in the UK remained flat in this week’s deal with Sky.