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Viaplay makes its UK move with ‘home nations’ Uefa rights swoop
Viaplay, the subscription streaming service operated by Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group, has made its most significant UK rights acquisition to date by landing rights to the 2026 Fifa World Cup and 2028…
Emilia Romagna GP pulls in strong home audience on Sky Italia channels
Sunday’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix pulled in strong ratings in its home country of Italy, despite disappointment for local Formula 1 fans after a difficult race for Ferrari.
Sky invests in W Series to 2024 in property’s biggest deal to date
The W Series has secured a three-year broadcast rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky that represents the women’s motor racing championship’s largest media rights deal to date.
ECB ‘targeting’ 10-year extension with Sky
The England and Wales Cricket Board is in advanced talks over a 10-year extension to its rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky, according to The Times
Sky ‘lining up’ US Open rights deal in UK
Pay-television broadcaster Sky is set to agree a rights deal in the UK for the US Open, rekindling its association with the tennis grand slam, according to The Times
Sky ties down Sanzaar rights to 2025
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports has agreed a fresh rights deal in the UK and Ireland with Sanzaar, the joint-venture enterprise representing the international rugby unions of Argentina, Australia,…
Sky’s Q4 revenue dips but subscriber numbers up
Sky, the Comcast-owned European pay-television broadcaster, saw its direct-to-consumer revenue fall by just under one per cent from $4.08bn (€3.66bn) to $4.0
Sky extends long-running European Tour, Ryder Cup connection in UK, Ireland
Golf’s European Tour has extended its rights deal in the UK and Ireland with pay-television broadcaster Sky, an agreement that covers both the Tour itself and the Ryder Cup.
Uefa national team rights on the market in Spain, UK and Ireland
Broadcasters have been handed deadlines to bid for packages of Uefa national team broadcast rights in Spain, the UK and Ireland
Sky extends Northern Ireland Premiership rights to 2025
The Northern Ireland Football League, organising body of the top tier of the domestic club game, has agreed a three-season extension to its rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky
Sky and BBC land Africa Cup of Nations rights
UK broadcast rights to next month’s Africa Cup of Nations have been sold to the BBC, the public-service broadcaster, and Sky, the pay-television broadcaster.
Channel 4 to broadcast live coverage of F1 finale with Sky
Free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4 has agreed a deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky to share live coverage of Sunday’s season finale to the Formula 1 motor racing world championship.
Sky lands exclusive IndyCar rights across its European markets
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has secured exclusive rights in its European territories to the IndyCar motor racing series from 2022 to 2024
Serie A rights loss hits Sky subscriber base, but Q3 revenue remains stable
Comcast has pointed to the “negative impact” of the reduction in Sky’s domestic broadcast rights to Serie A in Italy, as its European pay-television broadcaster shed over 200,000 subscribers in the third…
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
Government approves Premier League’s rolling over of domestic rights deals
The UK government has approved the English Premier League’s rolling over of its current broadcast deals with Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon Prime and BBC Sport for another three years.
Sky reports 28-per-cent revenue increase, adds Peacock to service
Sky, the Comcast-owned European pay-television broadcaster, has reported a 28-per-cent increase in second quarter-revenues to $5.22bn (€4.3
Sky signs rights deals with Top Rank, Boxxer
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has moved to bolster its boxing coverage in the UK and Ireland through agreements with promoters Top Rank and Boxxer.
Both deals will run for four years