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Horse Racing
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Pay-television broadcasters Sky Sports Racing and Racing TV, along with free-to-air commercial broadcaster ITV, have agreed deals to televise US horse racing showpiece the Breeders’ Cup.
Football
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Matches from the Uefa European Championship attracted bumper audiences across Europe’s major broadcast markets over the weekend with the ‘big five’ countries all in action. G
Rugby Union
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UK free-to-air broadcasters the BBC and ITV have reached an agreement in principle with Six Nations Rugby on a four-year renewal of their domestic media rights to the competition
Rugby Union
Media

Rugby union’s Six Nations Championship is poised to stay on free-to-air terrestrial television in the UK as part of a long-term deal, it has been reported.
Media

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has ruled itself out of investing in BT Sport, the pay-television sports arm of the UK telco, it is understood
Football
Media

Commercial broadcaster ITV is close to agreeing a deal for the UK rights to England women’s football matches from next season, SportBusiness understands.
Motorsport
Media

MotoGP seems set to follow the success of Formula 1’s ‘Drive to Survive’ documentary on Netflix with its own fly-on-the-wall series on Amazon Prime Video. T
Motorsport
Media

UK free-to-air network ITV has become the latest broadcaster to agree a rights deal for Extreme E, the new electric off-road racing series
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ITV, the UK free-to-air commercial broadcaster, has included a £23m (€26.9m/$32m) sports rights impairment charge in its full-year results as the effect of Covid-19 on the sporting calendar took hold.
Horse Racing
Media

UK free-to-air commercial broadcaster ITV will offer expanded coverage of this year’s edition of horse racing’s Cheltenham Festival under a one-off agreement with rights-holder, Racecourse Media Group.
Rugby Union
Media

Scotland’s win over defending champions England during the opening weekend of rugby union’s 2021 Six Nations was watched by a peak audience of 8.7 m
Darts
Media

Leading darts and snooker events will continue to enjoy exposure on free-to-air broadcaster ITV in a new agreement
Motorsport
Media

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has extended its long-running coverage of the British Touring Car Championship for a further five years to 2026. The renewal with rights-holder Toca starts in 2022
Horse Racing
Media

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has renewed its exclusive free-to-air broadcast rights deal for British horse-racing events until 2023 after protracted negotiations
Golf
Media

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired highlights rights to the US PGA Tour for the remainder of the 2020 season, marking the first time the network has shown professional golf in over 30 years
Snooker
Events

Plans have been announced for snooker’s Championship League to return from June 1-11 at Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, with the event to be covered live in the UK by commercial broadcaster ITV.
Horse Racing
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UK commercial broadcaster ITV is said to be seeking a £1.5m (€1.67m/$1.83m) reduction in its rights fee following the cancellation of this year’s Grand National.
Cycling
Media

UK commercial broadcaster ITV is in talks to acquire rights to the forthcoming ‘Digital Swiss 5’ e-cycling event, SportBusiness understands.