BBC

Multiple Sports
Host Broadcast & Production

The BBC has begun testing low latency live streaming that it hopes will cut delays to between eight and ten seconds, a trial that will be keenly followed by the wider industry.
Cricket
Media

The BBC will continue to show live coverage of The Hundred as part of an extended rights deal with the ECB, although the new agreement does not include live rights to international matches.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

The IMG agency and a trio of UK broadcasters have been fined a collective £4.2m (€5m/$5.4m) by the government after admitting guilt to colluding on rates of pay for freelancers.
Rugby Union
Media

Rugby union's Six Nations Championship is to remain on free-to-air television in the UK, albeit all of England's fixtures will be shown on commercial broadcaster ITV in the new cycle
Football
Media

All of the UK home nations qualifiers for the 2026 Fifa World Cup will be shown live on free-to-air television after the BBC concluded an agreement for the matches of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Snooker
Media

The BBC is to remain as the UK broadcast home of snooker's top three tournaments until at least 2032, an indication perhaps that the showpiece World Championship is not for moving.
Football
Media

The BBC and ITV are to extend their uninterrupted live coverage of the Fifa World Cup in the UK to 17 editions after securing rights to the next two men's tournaments
Football
Media

The BBC has secured a wider package of Premier League radio rights after picking up exclusive rights to the Saturday 3pm matches for the new cycle, running from 2025-26 to 2028-29
Football
Media

Sky and the BBC are to remain as the domestic homes of English football's Women’s Super League until 2030 after long-term five-year rights deals were announced today (Wednesday).
Rugby Union
Media

Women’s rugby union is set to earn a viewership boost for the 2025 women’s Rugby World Cup, with all matches available exclusively on BBC platforms. 
Football
Media

The Uefa Women’s Euro 2025 is set for broad free-to-air coverage across the continent after the rights were secured by the European Broadcasting Union.
Multi-sport
Media

Linear audiences in most major European markets dropped significantly for the men’s Olympic 100-metre final compared to the last summer Games in Europe as its ‘appointment-to-view’ status has been diluted due to various factors.
Multi-sport
Media

NBCUniversal's decision to broadcast a commercial-free portion of an Olympics opening ceremony proved a success, with Paris 2024 setting a 12-year Games audience high for the US rights-holder
Bowls
Host Broadcast & Production

The BBC’s World Bowls coverage could follow the UK public broadcaster's World Snooker output and have a new host broadcast company with an invitation to tender currently live, SportBusiness understands.
Football
Media

German fans tuned in in their millions to watch the hosts thrash Scotland in the Euro 2024 curtain-raiser, which drew a 10-year audience high in the UK for a tournament-opener
Football
Media

Premier Sports and BBC Scotland have retained Scottish Cup rights after striking new five-year deals that afford the pay-TV broadcaster a slight increase in match picks.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Alex Kay-Jelski, a UK football journalist and editor, has today (Thursday) been named director of sport at the BBC, an appointment likely to be viewed as a surprise choice given his lack of sports media rights buying experience.
Football
Media

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky and public broadcaster the BBC have finalised their short-term domestic rights extension for the Women's Super League, covering the 2024-25 season only