Sports rights | Media | The Guardian

Whistle Sports takes roster of YouTube stars to Europe

Multichannel network, featuring digital videos from high-profile figures including NBA player Jeremy Lin, wins backing from Sky. By Aisha Gani

Published: 31 Oct 2014

Whistle Sports takes roster of YouTube stars to Europe
The X Factor set to be kicked into touch during 2015 Rugby World Cup

ITV to prioritise live matches next autumn as it seeks to shore up its audience and revenues after the loss of football rights. By Mark Sweney

Published: 29 Oct 2014

The X Factor set to be kicked into touch during 2015 Rugby World Cup
Premier League TV rights: Virgin Media asks Ofcom to open investigation

The cable group has claimed fans pay over the odds to watch games and predicted a further 60% rise in the cost of rights

Published: 30 Sep 2014

Premier League TV rights: Virgin Media asks Ofcom to open investigation

- I know the Premier League is a big greedy mess – but I'll still be going to the match
  
  The Premier League season has begun – and Arsenal fan Alex Clark will take her seat as usual. But as supporters' protests grow, ticket prices rise and wages soar, how long can the game as we know it last?
  
  Published: 16 Aug 2014
  
  I know the Premier League is a big greedy mess – but I'll still be going to the match
- Premier League warns fans not to post Vine videos of goals online
  
  Premier League warns fans that posting goal vines is illegal, as is sharing them on websites such as Twitter
  
  Published: 15 Aug 2014
  
  Premier League warns fans not to post Vine videos of goals online
- TalkSport extends global Premier League broadcast deal
  
  UTV-owned station will provide live match commentary to listeners outside the UK and Republic of Ireland until 2019. By Mark Sweney
  
  Published: 14 Aug 2014
  
  TalkSport extends global Premier League broadcast deal
- From the archive, 1 August 1960: Football League plans deal with ITV
  
  Originally published in the Guardian on 1 August 1960: The agreement between the leading commercial television companies and the League would provide for the ‘live’ televising of important games played under floodlights
  
  Published: 1 Aug 2014
  
  From the archive, 1 August 1960: Football League plans deal with ITV
- BT Sport serves up men's tennis with rights to pre-Wimbledon tournaments
  
  Broadcaster to share live television coverage of Queen's with the BBC in deal with Lawn Tennis Association. By John Reynolds
  
  Published: 29 May 2014
  
  BT Sport serves up men's tennis with rights to pre-Wimbledon tournaments
- BSkyB faces fall in subscribers as competition from BT and Netflix grows
  
  Broadcaster predicted to suffer drop in sign-ups as analysts say growth in traditional TV business has stalled. By Mark Sweney
  
  Published: 30 Apr 2014
  
  BSkyB faces fall in subscribers as competition from BT and Netflix grows

- BT edges up but BSkyB falls after splitting Rugby broadcasting rights
  
  BT benefits from positive analyst comment while Barclays lowers BSkyB price target
  
  Published: 11 Apr 2014
  
  BT edges up but BSkyB falls after splitting Rugby broadcasting rights
- Discovery in talks over Premier League rights and eyeing Channel 5 buy
  
  Chief executive David Zaslav wants to boost Eurosport reach and could look to partnerships with Virgin or BSkyB. By Mark Sweney
  
  Published: 27 Mar 2014
  
  Discovery in talks over Premier League rights and eyeing Channel 5 buy
- Jonathan Wall: 'Our future is not in doubt partly because Hall set us up'
  
  As BBC Radio 5 Live turns 20, its controller talks sports rights, competition – and reaching the limit on savings. By Neil Midgley
  
  Published: 23 Mar 2014
  
  Jonathan Wall: 'Our future is not in doubt partly because Hall set us up'
- Why radio sport has all the ingredients for the ideal kitchen recipe
  
  Emma John: As the action boils over in the cricket, the football or the boxing, the same keeps happening to my pots
  
  Published: 22 Mar 2014
  
  Why radio sport has all the ingredients for the ideal kitchen recipe
- TalkSport owner UTV Media sees pre-tax profits plummet by almost 16%
  
  Company considers bidding for 2015 Rugby World Cup rights after disappointing year-on-year profit report. By John Reynolds
  
  Published: 18 Mar 2014
  
  TalkSport owner UTV Media sees pre-tax profits plummet by almost 16%
- Agreement over future of rugby union's European Cup finally reached
  
  A new European Cup accord will be signed this week after nearly two years of fraught negotiations and stand-offs
  
  Published: 17 Mar 2014
  
  Agreement over future of rugby union's European Cup finally reached

- Premiership rugby: Sun and Times subscribers get online and mobile clips
  
  News UK extends digital sport offering beyond Premier League and Champions League football, with BT retaining TV rights. By John Reynolds
  
  Published: 28 Feb 2014
  
  Premiership rugby: Sun and Times subscribers get online and mobile clips
- Heineken Cup row dependent on BT Sport's possible compromise with Sky
  
  The Heineken Cup TV row has moved forward after meetings between BT Sport and Sky over each broadcaster's claims for some matches
  
  Published: 22 Feb 2014
  
  Heineken Cup row dependent on BT Sport's possible compromise with Sky
- BSkyB wins UK rights to IPL Twenty20 live cricket coverage
  
  Sky Sports to air 60 live matches each season from 2015 of competition currently broadcast by ITV4. By Jason Deans
  
  Published: 17 Feb 2014
  
  BSkyB wins UK rights to IPL Twenty20 live cricket coverage
- BBC's Barbara Slater: 'You take sport off free-to-air TV at your peril'
  
  The competition between Sky and BT has led to extraordinary hikes in price for certain sports, but heroes need to be seen, the BBC director of sport tells Owen Gibson
  
  Published: 5 Feb 2014
  
  BBC's Barbara Slater: 'You take sport off free-to-air TV at your peril'
- Channel 4 Racing defends record as 2013 figures show audience slump
  
  The extent of Channel 4 Racing's struggle for popularity is revealed in figures now available, showing its 2013 audience was down on the previous year for 73 of the 90 days on which it now broadcasts
  
  Published: 31 Jan 2014
  
  Channel 4 Racing defends record as 2013 figures show audience slump

About 651 results for Sports rights

1 2 3 4 … 33 next

Trending topics