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DAZN and Sky to share IPL coverage in UK, Ireland
DAZN and Sky Sports will share live coverage of all 74 matches from this year’s Indian Premier League in the UK and Ireland, after DAZN opted to sublicense rights to the pay-TV broadcaster.
MultiChoice unites with NBCU, Sky to relaunch streaming service
MultiChoice, the pay-TV broadcaster operating in sub-Saharan Africa, has announced plans to significantly overhaul its streaming service, Showmax, through a new agreement with Comcast’s NBCUniversal (…
ECB to stream free coverage of Bangladesh-England under Sky deal
UK pay-TV broadcaster Sky Sports has announced that it will show the England men’s cricket team’s upcoming white-ball tour of Bangladesh, which starts tomorrow (Wednesday), although the England and Wal…
EXCLUSIVE: Sky finalises ATP and WTA deal across active territories from 2024
Sky will become the new home of the ATP and WTA tours across its active markets of the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy from 2024 onwards, SportBusiness understands
Sky ad revenues and programming costs fall amid World Cup impact
Sky, the Comcast-owned European pay-TV broadcaster, has reported revenue reductions of 13 per cent and 11
Sky begins charging for ad-skipping service
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has introduced a monthly charge for a service that allows subscribers to its Sky Stream and Sky Glass products to skip adverts
Channel 4 deals with Sky for T20 World Cup final simulcast
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has announced a deal with Channel 4 that will see live coverage of the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup final simulcast on the free-to-air broadcaster’s eponymous channel.
Snap adds WSL content to extended Sky deal
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has renewed its content deal with Snap, parent company of social media platform Snapchat
Comcast considers sale of Sky Deutschland
Media giant Comcast is thought to be considering a sale of the German arm of Sky, as the European pay-television broadcaster’s total customer relationships increased by 320,000 to 23 million in the third q…
Sky set to exit as GAA broadcaster after nine years
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has announced that its time as a domestic Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) broadcaster is set to come to a close
EFL issues domestic broadcast rights RFP, targets lifting of 3pm blackout rule
The English Football League has today (Wednesday) issued a request for proposals for domestic broadcast rights from the 2024-25 season onwards
Channel 4 extends F1 sublicensing deal with Sky
UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4 has agreed a one-season extension to its Formula 1 sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky
Sky renews multi-territory F1 rights with greater exclusivity in Germany and Italy
Pan-European pay-television broadcaster Sky has renewed its Formula 1 rights deal in the UK and Ireland, Germany, and Italy, with the expanded agreement granting it greater exclusivity in the latter two…
SPFL secures backing to activate four-year Sky rights extension
The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), organising body of the top four divisions of the domestic game, has signed off an extension to its domestic rights deal with pay-television broadcaster…
Sky ventures into esports sponsorship with record Guild deal
UK-based esports organisation Guild Esports has signed a record sponsorship deal with Sky, marking the European media and entertainment group’s first such agreement.
Sky could look to replicate joined-up sponsorship approach developed for the ECB Hundred
The ECB and domestic broadcaster Sky have worked together to develop an innovative 'one-stop-shop' marketing model for The Hundred whereby sponsors are offered the chance to ringfence advertising airtime to augment their event sponsorship assets. Ben Cronin speaks to the broadcaster's head of sponsorship David Shore about the model.
Sky posts 13.8-per-cent Q2 revenue drop after sports rights ‘resets’
Sky, the Comcast-owned European pay-television broadcaster, saw its second-quarter revenues drop by 13.8 per cent year-on-year to $4.5bn (€4.4
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