As the 2026 FIFA Football World Cup approaches, many viewers using pirate IPTV services are beginning to wonder whether another major crackdown is coming. Looking at recent anti-piracy activity across Europe and beyond, the answer increasingly appears to be yes.
Continue reading →For the first time in more than 70 years, the BBC will not be the main broadcaster of the Commonwealth Games, with the 2026 Glasgow Games instead split between free-to-air highlights on Channel 5 and full live coverage on TNT … Continue reading →
Spain’s crackdown on illegal football streaming has reached a new level, with recent cases revealing prison sentences, multi-million euro fines, and the dismantling of large-scale piracy networks.
Continue reading →The 2026 Six Nations Championship kicked off with a bold and controversial change to its live television coverage: adverts shown during the match itself. For the first time, ITV — one of the UK’s key broadcasters of the tournament — … Continue reading →
For nearly 40 years, Trans World Sport quietly did something no other sports programme bothered to try: it proved that sport didn’t have to involve billion-pound TV rights, endless pundit panels, or the same six football teams on repeat. Instead, … Continue reading →
For more than seven decades, the Commonwealth Games have been a familiar fixture on BBC television. From the early days of black-and-white broadcasts to wall-to-wall digital coverage on BBC One, Two and iPlayer, the Games have traditionally been free-to-air and … Continue reading →
On 5 December 2025, Netflix announced a definitive agreement to acquire Warner Bros., including its film and television studios — plus the streaming assets HBO and HBO Max. The deal is valued at roughly 82.7 billion USD enterprise value (about … Continue reading →
TNT Sports launched with huge ambition. Formed from the merger of BT Sport and Warner Bros. Discovery’s European operations, it promised a fresh, unified sports brand capable of competing with Sky and
Continue reading →Channel 4 has once again strengthened its reputation as a champion of inclusive sports broadcasting by retaining the UK rights to the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games.
Continue reading →Sky Sports has made one of its biggest football broadcasting moves in years by securing the UK rights to the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League from the 2027/28 season.
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