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Fifa goes to market in UK with 2026, 2030 World Cup rights
Fifa has launched invitations to tender for UK media rights to the 2026 and 2030 World Cups, with significantly more matches set to be broadcast as the tournament expands to 48 teams.
ITV profits dive amid ad sales slump, sports content costs down
ITV suffered a 61-per-cent drop in pre-tax profits in 2023 amid an advertising slump and significant investment costs in its ITVX streaming service
FA Cup returns to pay TV in TNT Sports deal
England’s FA Cup is returning to pay television after the Football Association awarded a range of rights to TNT Sports from 2025-26 to 2028-29 with a “selected” number of matches to remain on free-to-air television.
EXCLUSIVE: FA Cup domestic rights on the market with four-year term
The Football Association has issued its domestic media rights invitation to tender, inviting broadcasters to submit offers for four seasons, from 2025-26 to 2028-29, SportBusiness understands
England semi-final defeat peaks at 8.7m to give ITV biggest audience of year
ITV, the UK commercial broadcaster, recorded its biggest audience of 2023, as 8.7 million people tuned into watch the closing stages of England's dramatic defeat to South Africa in the Rugby World Cup semi-final.
TF1 falls short of Rugby World Cup TV record as France head out
France's thrilling Rugby World Cup quarter-final defeat to South Africa drew the best audience of the year for commercial broadcaster TF1, but it was not enough to set a new all-time tournament viewership…
UK PSBs unite to form new free TV streaming service
Everyone TV, the organisation which runs free TV in the UK and is jointly owned by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, has unveiled plans for a new streaming service which aims to help ensure public-service television is sustained into the future.
ITV regains rights to England qualifiers, gets Nations League to 2028
ITV has re-established itself as the home of the England men's national football team, after the UK commercial broadcaster picked up a slate of rights for the 2024 to 2028 cycle
Spain’s World Cup triumph is top-rated women’s match on record
Spain set records on and off the pitch as their victory in the Fifa Women's World Cup final became the most-watched women's football match of all time in the country
Women’s World Cup breakthrough in major markets after EBU intervention
Fifa has extended its media rights agreement for the 2023 Women’s World Cup with the European Broadcasting Union, ensuring the tournament will be screened in the major markets of France, Germany, Italy, S…
ITV lands SailGP rights, WBD secures exclusivity in New Zealand
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired free-to-air rights to the upcoming SailGP season, while Warner Bros. Discovery has agreed a deal to exclusively cover the sailing series in New Zealand
ITV retains King of the Roads rights in new deal with Greenlight
Greenlight International, the motorsports broadcast rights and content distributor, has renewed a deal with UK commercial broadcaster ITV for rights to the King of the Roads series
ITV delves into MMA with PFL highlights
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has made its first move into mixed martial arts by agreeing a rights deal with US promotion the Professional Fighters League (PFL)
ITV adds Dubai World Cup to horse racing stable
Commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired rights in the UK to this weekend’s Dubai World Cup horse race.
Contract extension to take ITV’s UK racing coverage past decade mark
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has agreed a three-year extension to its deal to show exclusive, free-to-air coverage of domestic horse racing
ITV and TF1 set new ratings records as France overcome England
ITV claimed its best Saturday night on record, while fellow commercial broadcaster TF1 again set a new audience record for the year, as France knocked England out of the 2022 Fifa World Cup
ITV audience peaks at over 20m for England v Senegal
UK commercial broadcaster ITV claimed a peak audience of 20.4 million viewers during its coverage of England’s round-of-16 victory over Senegal at the 2022 Fifa World Cup.
ITV nets strong Friday night ratings for England-USA
UK commercial broadcaster ITV claimed its biggest audience this year, and best Friday viewing figures in more than a decade, for its coverage of England’s 2022 Fifa World Cup group game against United S…