Sky Sports and the BBC have confirmed that they will continue to show the Women’s Super League (WSL) for the next five years. The new broadcast deal, worth a reported £65m, will begin from the start of the 2025/26 season. Lead broadcast partner Sky Sports will show 118 matches per season, 78 exclusively on Sky Sports platforms which includes every …
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Sky Sports and BBC Sport have extended their respective media rights deals with the Women’s Super League (WSL) for an additional year. The two media organisations will continue to showcase the best of England’s women’s football throughout the whole 2024/25 season, with a total of 44 games being aired on Sky and 22 on the BBC. Fans will be able …
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Sky Sports will show the Indian Premier League (IPL) for cricket fans in the UK and Ireland for the next four years. The broadcaster agreed a deal with the league to showcase the sport’s largest competition whilst renewing a deal to retain broadcasting rights to the Women’s Premier League (WPL). The IPL and WPL will be exclusively broadcasted on Sky …
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After Paddy Power pledged £1,000 to Prostate Cancer UK for every 180 thrown at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championships, the operator has revealed its final donation. Although a total of 914 180s were hit, the Irish bookmaker is generously rounding the figure up to whopping £1m. Prostate Cancer UK CEO, Laura Kerby, commented: “A massive thanks to Paddy Power …
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The Premier League has secured its biggest domestic broadcast deal worth £6.7bn, negotiating media rights with Sky and TNT Sports. The new deal will commence in the season 2025/26 and span a period of four years, as the Premier League has secured a further increase in broadcast fees from the £5.1bn deal secured in 2022. The previous round, negotiated with …
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Sky Sports has established a five-year deal for tennis media rights to both the ATP and WTA Tours, beginning in 2024. The broadcaster will now show over 80 tournaments and 4,000 matches on Sky Sports, NOW and WOW, including both season-ending finals and all Masters 1000 events. Stephen van Rooyen, CEO Sky UK&I and Group CCO, said: “This is a …
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Sky Sports is reportedly looking to buy four out of the five available rights packages for the Premier League that are currently up for tender. With the current television deal for the English top-flight due to close by the 2024-25 season, the battle for domestic broadcasting rights further intensifies ahead of what is set to be a lucrative bidding process. …
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Checkd Group has brought back the much-loved I Had Trials Once podcast series, to enhance its partnership with Sky Sports Fantasy Football. The podcast hosted by former non-league Radcliffe striker Jordan Hulme and ex-Salford star and now football agent Gareth Seddon has a popular following that has generated over 1m downloads. The new show started last weekend, with former Leeds and Sheffield United goalkeeper …
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The Premier League is increasing its live TV coverage from 200 to 270 matches, with all Sunday games available from the season after next, according to reports. Looking to acquire the ‘best possible deal’ once broadcast rights negotiations begin in 2025, the news may see fans face midday and 7pm kick-offs at weekends – a change from the current two …
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The EFL and its clubs have agreed a £935m domestic rights deal with Sky Sports over a five-year period which will see over 1,000 matches broadcasted each season. Ending DAZN’s hopes of buying the rights to show every EFL match, this is a record number of games for any club football agreement, with the arrangement being made up of guaranteed …
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