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Sky extends English Cricket Board rights to end of 2028
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports has secured a four-year renewal of its England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) rights in the UK and Ireland, covering 2025-28
Breeders’ Cup deals renewed with UK broadcasters
UK commercial broadcaster ITV and pay-television broadcasters Sky Sports Racing and Racing TV have renewed rights agreements for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.
Premier Sports moves for two-year ‘home nations’ Uefa rights package
Premier Sports has acquired a package of UK broadcast rights to national team matches featuring Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales during the 2022-24 cycle
Sky Sports retains exclusive Masters rights in UK
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports has renewed its agreement with Augusta National Golf Club for exclusive rights to The Masters
Sky to offer free coverage of Women’s Cricket World Cup final
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky will offer free coverage of this weekend’s Women’s Cricket World Cup final between England and Australia.
Sky picks up UK rights to Australia’s Super Netball
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports has acquired rights to Australia’s Super Netball club competition.
F1 director of strategy Gangakumaran to return to Sky Sports
Yath Gangakumaran is to leave his role as director of strategy and business development at Formula 1 to return to UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports in the role of commercial director
HBA Media secures string of Melbourne Cup rights deals
HBA Media, the horse racing media rights agency, has agreed deals with a number of broadcasters for the Melbourne Cup, Australia's most prominent horse racing event
United-Liverpool, India-Pakistan drive Sky’s 4.5m viewing peak
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports recorded its highest-ever day of viewing on Sunday as fans tuned into watch Premier League football, Formula 1’s US Grand Prix and cricket’s Men’s T20 World Cup.
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Francis to replace Fry as IMG’s production chief
Barney Francis, the former managing director of Sky Sports, has been recruited as executive vice-president, global production at the IMG agency
Sky nets exclusive Bundesliga rights to 2025, ending BT era
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has secured exclusive rights to broadcast the top-tier German Bundesliga in the UK and Ireland for four seasons, from 2021-22 to 2024-25
Newbury signs five-year rights deal with The Racing Partnership and Sky
Newbury Racecourse has agreed a five-year rights deal with Sky Sports, through which the UK pay-television broadcaster will show all of the venue’s 29 annual races from January 2024 onwards.
Liverpool-Man Utd breaks Sky Sports viewership record
Sunday's English Premier League match between Liverpool and Manchester United averaged 4.5 million viewers and peaked at 4
Bumper day of football delivers record Sky Sports audience
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports achieved its highest-ever day for viewing figures on Sunday, with its coverage headlined by two high-scoring Premier League football matches
Francis: OTT streaming operators have struggled to provide lockdown service
Barney Francis, the former managing director of the UK division of Sky Sports, has suggested the Covid-19 crisis has exposed the business models of some of the OTT streaming services operating in the sports sector but says there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the industry. Ben Cronin reports.
Neutral venues to be used as Super League details restart plan
The Super League, the top division of rugby league in England, has confirmed its fixture schedule for the resumption of the 2020 season, with triple-headers planned at Leeds’ Headingley Stadium and St H…
Sky finalises Lions rights deal for South Africa Tour
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired exclusive rights in the UK and Ireland to the 2021 British and Irish Lions' three-Test rugby union series against South Africa as well as the Lions’ five warm-up m…
BT, Sky to ‘resume business subscriptions at reduced rates’
UK pay-television broadcasters BT Sport and Sky are reportedly poised to resume charging commercial customers, but at a reduced rate, amid the restart of competitions after Covid 19-related lockdown