Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has reached an agreement to air one La Liga and one Copa del Rey match every week., So there will be some Spanish football available free-to-air (FTA),with the majority of other matches being shown on one … Continue reading →
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that all TV and multi-platform broadcast rights in Europe for the four Olympic Games in the 2018–2024 period have been awarded to Discovery Communications, the parent company of Eurosport. It means the BBC … Continue reading →
Premiership Rugby rights secured by BT Sport until 2021 BT has renewed its deal to broadcast Aviva Premiership Rugby on BT Sport until the end of the 2020-2021 season. The four year extension to the current deal is the longest … Continue reading →
Sky Sports has won the rights to broadcast exclusively live Major League Soccer (MLS) from the US for the first time. The four-year MLS deal begins in March, bringing an even wider range of coverage to Sky Sports viewers. With … Continue reading →
The £4billion fight to show live Barclays Premier League football will go into a second round next week. The bids were tabled for the seven packages — starting in 2016-17 — by a noon deadline on Friday, but there was … Continue reading →
There are encouraging signs for the Premier League that beIN Sport are seriously considering joining the Discovery Channel, BT Sport and Sky in a super heavyweight TV contest for the next three-year contracts when the mega offers are tabled next … Continue reading →
The Premier League’s chances of sealing a staggering £10million-per-game agreement – and £5 billion overall – from the next three-year domestic rights deal are even stronger now two foreign TV giants are involved. The battle between Sky Sports and BT … Continue reading →
The Premier League is understood to have offered a small number of matches on Friday nights to be broadcast live on TV from 2016. It is thought up to ten matches will be broadcast at this unconventional time. A total … Continue reading →
Match of the Day future in doubt as ITV plan Premier League rights bid ITV is expected to place a significant bid for the Premier League highlights rights for the 2016-19 seasons in the New Year, putting the future of … Continue reading →
BT Sport has made its first move into men’s tennis buying the TV rights to pre-Wimbledon tournaments including Queen’s. BT Sport will share live coverage of the pre-Wimbledon event with the BBC, which first began screening the event in 1979, … Continue reading →
German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF will not broadcast the games of the Football World Cup 2014 on Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellite system at 13° East due to rights restrictions. The broadcasters’ live coverage of all 64 World Cup matches … Continue reading →
BSkyB has announced a five-year deal to continue to exclusively broadcast WWE’s flagship shows in the UK and Ireland through to 2019. The broadcaster will continue to show Raw and SmackDown and adds WWE Main Event to its lineup in … Continue reading →
Highlights of Champions League and Europa League matches will be shown on ITV until 2018 after agreeing a new deal with UEFA. The deal guarantees coverage of the two competitions on free-to-air television for three years starting from the 2015/2016 … Continue reading →
The forthcoming battle for Champions League TV rights in the UK is expected to result in a £1billion bonanza for UEFA. The current three-year contract with Sky and ITV is worth £400m but the entry of BT Sport into the … Continue reading →
England’s Premier League (EPL) soccer administrators are not yet ready to award the TV rights for the important Middle East and North Africa market. A decision was originally expected last September. The new rights cover the 2013 – 2016 seasons. … Continue reading →