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WWE gains full-spectrum UK coverage for 2020-23 cycle with Channel 5 deal
BT looks to secure sports future with huge Champions League renewal
UK, France may drive global Champions League revenue downturn
BT benefits from incumbent Sky’s OTT concerns in WWE grab
English FA spurns higher pay-TV revenue for free-to-air Cup reach
Sky allows customers to ‘pause’ subscriptions, stops charging pubs
FA to work with Women’s Sports Group on WSL’s next UK rights deal
BT shows first live 8K sports broadcast in the UK
Sky incorporates BT Sport into UK subscription offer
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Speedway GP maintains UK income despite lack of competition in BT renewal
FA Cup ‘non-linear’ rights package opens door to Amazon
Star India’s OTT strategy in UK drives Sky IPL rights loss
Sky’s dominance of domestic football rights will help with customer retention
Low value of Premier League short-form content raises questions for league and clubs
Eleven Sports’ ‘3pm blackout’ challenge could see rule scrapped
IMG-backed Eleven takes UFC rights in UK and Ireland
Difficult sales process helps the Premier League in Ofcom battle
The Premier League’s 20 clubs are unconcerned about the small drop in the value of their domestic live rights in the next cycle, following deals this month with BT and Amazon that brought the protracted sales process to a close.
TV3 aggression in Ireland boosts Uefa club competition income
Strong competition in Ireland has helped Uefa seal a big increase for its club competition rights, as commercial broadcaster TV3 fell just short in its attempt to acquire all the rights on offer.
BT pays big increase to maintain loyal MotoGP subscriber base
Telco BT will pay an increase of about 140 per cent to keep hold of exclusive MotoGP media rights in the UK and Ireland.
End of BT/Sky pay-TV war halts trend of Premier League growth
After successive 70-per-cent rises in the last two cycles there were only two sets of circumstances in which the Premier League was likely to secure another increase in the value of its domestic live rights.
Sky’s EFL streaming concession creates Premier League dilemma
Media commentators will debate whether the 36-per-cent increase the English Football League secured for its rights from Sky is a great result, a disappointment, or something in between.
BoxNation and BT partnership expands to international bouts
BeIN pays up for EPCR rights in France as UK deal draws closer
BT confident it can monetise £1.2bn Uefa rights renewal
UK telco BT told TV Sports Markets this week it is “well-placed” to monetise its huge investment in rights to Uefa’s Champions League and Europa League.