The FA Cup is set to be broadcast exclusively on free-to-air television from the 2021-22 season According to a report published in the Times, ITV have reached an agreement with the FA over a four-year package from the start of … Continue reading →
Channel 4 to show highlights of 2019 Cricket World Cup Channel 4 will show highlights of the 2019 Cricket World Cup which opens when England take on South Africa on 30 May. The highlights are part of a sub-licensing agreement … Continue reading →
UKTV Channels split between BBC and Discovery (Reuters) – Discovery Inc and the BBC have agreed to split up broadcaster UKTV and strike a new 10-year agreement that will lead to the creation of a new global subscription video-on-demand service, … Continue reading →
Last week police forces in Spain, UK, and Denmark, carried out what is being described as the “largest ever” operation against a pirate IPTV network. Five people have been arrested, accused of crimes including IP violations, fraud, and money laundering. … Continue reading →
IPL UK rights: BT Sport to show every game in 2019 UK broadcaster BT Sport has secured rights to every match of the 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament. BT confirmed the deal via its official Twitter account … Continue reading →
FA Cup Semi Final UK TV Details, and BBCs FA Cup Broadcast Contract Extended Manchester City’s FA Cup semi-final against Brighton will be played on Saturday 6 April at 17:30 BST and broadcast live on the BBC. The other semi-final … Continue reading →
MBC secures broadcast rights for Formula One for MENA region The MBC Group has acquired five-year exclusive rights to the FIA Formula One race weekends. MBC will offer F1 racing free-to-air in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) area. … Continue reading →
F1 2019. Some interesting details on the Sky and Channel 4 deal Sky start the first year of their 5 year exclusive live deal for F1 on UK TV. Only the British Grand Prix will be shown live and free, … Continue reading →
BBC Programme Guide Problems For the last few week, the BBC have been having problems with their programme guide data they send to Sky, Freesat and Freeview boxes. Amongst the problems : – BBC One HD and BBC Two HD … Continue reading →
Some UK and Spanish TV Sports rights news Indycar UK TV As reported yesterday, Sky Sports have the UK rights for the Indycar series, taking over from BT Sports Most races will be shown on Sky Sports F1, but perhaps … Continue reading →
BT Sport loses IndyCar rights BT Sport will not broadcast coverage of the IndyCar Series this season after losing the rights to the championship. BT Sport have covered Indycar since 2013. BT Sport Indycar commentator Tom Gaynor said “Unfortunately it … Continue reading →
Subscription based BBC-ITV, dubbed “Britflix”, Netflix rival due to be announced soon A BBC and ITV joint venture will see the launch of a subscription based on demand service for archive content, set to rival to Netflix from the BBC … Continue reading →
Loss of UK satellite TV signals in the morning? Its the biannual solar outage time It’s that time of year again when you can lose your UK TV satellite signals for a few minutes mid morning. Don’t panic – it … Continue reading →
Intelsat 907 (BBC Satback) at 27.5 West update Intelsat has updated their “Estimated End Of Life” expectancy for I907 to Q1 2020. IIRC the previous was Q4 2019. Looking at the document, it looks like a few other Intelsat satellites … Continue reading →
La Liga UK Rights…lost by Eleven Sports ? moves to Premier and ITV4 Premier Sports has confirmed it has acquired the Pay TV rights to show Spain’s La Liga, weeks after it secured the rights to show a number of … Continue reading →