French clubs and beIN Sports in conflict over Visit Qatar badge claim
TV rights chaos in France should serve as a warning to the Premier League
John Brewin
ECB wants to keep the Hundred name even if it switches to Twenty20 format
Euro 2024 just misses Australian streaming record as Spain seal pre-alarm final win
May 2024
Sky to screen 3pm Saturday kick-offs among 1,000 EFL live games in 2024-25
Sky Sports has announced plans to broadcast football during the 3pm Saturday slot as it gets set to increase its live sports coverage by 50% from next season
December 2023
Premier League agrees new £6.7bn TV rights deal with Sky and TNT Sports
The Premier League has agreed a new deal with Sky and TNT Sports in which the competition will receive £6.7bn over four years for its UK TV rights
November 2023
Could there finally be an answer to sport’s big broadcasting problem?
Streaming has fragmented and transformed the once simple pastime of watching sport. Now the race is on to glue it back together
October 2023
‘I’m not happy’: Pochettino speaks out on Chelsea’s Christmas Eve fixture
Premier League TV rights sale kicks off – but result could be low-scoring
June 2023
‘I’m hated but respected’: Eddie Hearn on boxing, brashness and big ambitions
Threat of Women’s World Cup blackout averted after terrestrial TV deal agreed
As BT Sport prepares to hand baton to TNT Sports, how is picture so unclear?
Sportblog
There are no winners in the Women’s World Cup broadcast fiasco, only losers
Suzanne Wrack
May 2023
Illegal streaming gang jailed for selling cut-price Premier League subscriptions
English Football League agrees new £935m deal with Sky Sports
April 2023
Manchester City v Leeds set for 3pm Saturday TV slot despite ‘blackout’ rule
Manchester City’s game against Leeds will be broadcast at 3pm on 6 May, with an absence of lower-league fixtures negating the usual broadcasting rule
January 2023
BBC to keep Olympics rights until at least 2032
Deal with EBU and Warner Bros Discovery retains same coverage as existing agreement
December 2022
YouTube’s NFL deal turns up the heat in battle for sports rights
Latest incursion by tech giant into territory dominated by broadcasters and pay-TV firms is good news for rights holders
October 2022
EFL will consider lifting Saturday 3pm blackout in next TV deal
Lifting the Saturday 3pm blackout is one option the English Football League will consider in the sale of its next television and media rights
July 2022
CMA investigates sport broadcasters over ‘cartel-like behaviour’
Watchdog says it suspects possible breaches of competition law around purchase of freelance services
