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Boxing

Premier Boxing Champions, the series of events operated and managed by Al Haymon, has struck a three-year deal with UK commercial broadcaster ITV that spreads 15 events per year across its platforms
Netball

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky and public-service broadcaster the BBC have acquired rights to the 2019 Netball World Cup, which will take place in the English city of Liverpool from July 12-21
Football

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has defended its extended rights deal with the English Football League in the face of opposition from a number of leading Championship clubs, claiming no other media company…
Football

The value of the English Premier League’s short-form content has rallied a little since the last sales cycle but still remains well down on its peak value over a decade ago.
Football

There will be no Scottish football on UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport from the 2020-21 season, as the Scottish Professional Football League completes its domestic media-rights sales

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC and pay-television broadcaster Sky have urged the European Commission to take formal action against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over pirate channel beoutQ

Sky and BT have extended and expanded an agreement through which the rival UK pay-television broadcasters share content across each other’s platforms.

Jeremy Darroch has said he plans “to stick around” as chief executive of Sky, as he outlined areas of focus for the pan-European pay-television broadcaster following its takeover by US media company Com…
Basketball

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has announced the acquisition of exclusive rights to the National Basketball Association for the next four seasons, from 2018-19 to 2021-22.

The UK’s Takeover Panel has today (Thursday) confirmed that US media company Disney may have to offer a minimum of £14 (€16/$18.5) per share to acquire pan-European pay-television broadcaster Sky. T

US media company 21st Century Fox has recorded significant increases in full-year profit and revenue, while it has moved to buy itself extra time in the ongoing takeover battle for pan-European pay-television …

European pay-television broadcaster Sky has today (Thursday) reported a five per cent increase in group revenues in its annual financial results, as US media companies 21st Century Fox and Comcast continue …
Football

The English Premier League has been granted an order by the UK’s High Court that will allow it to disrupt and block illegal streams of its football matches for the duration of the 2018-19 season.

Comcast has moved swiftly to counter the enhanced takeover offer submitted by 21st Century Fox for pan-European pay-television broadcaster Sky by entering a new bid to exceed that of its rival US media…