The UK's public broadcaster will continue to screen full coverage of four major tournaments - the Grand Prix, the UK Championship, the Masters and the World Championship - in a deal reportedly worth £5million a year.
Its viewing figures for the World Championship final in May between Shaun Murphy and Matthew Stevens peaked at 7.8 million.
Sir Rodney Walker, chairman of World Snooker, said: "In an era when many sports are turning to satellite networks for coverage, we are very pleased to be keeping snooker on terrestrial television until at least 2011."
