The Super League has revealed it has closed the bidding process for domestic rights, with Sky Sports confirmed as the preferred bidder to broadcast the rugby tournament. Following a meeting with the Rugby League Commercial, IMG and Super League Europe shareholders, Sky Sports will enter a 30-day exclusive negotiating period with the Rugby League Commercial to […]
Broadcaster Sky Sports Germany has partnered with media production specialist Vizrt to broadcast its first vertical football match multi-screened on Tik Tok. The partnership went live on Saturday August 12 with UEFA Super Cup matches broadcasted on TikTok with a multi-split screen format. Sky Sports Germany tapped Vizrt’s Viz Vectar Plus for the live 9:16 […]
Formula 1 has tied together with Sky Group to launch a broadcast of the motorsport aimed at children that will air during this weekend’s F1 Qatar Airways Hungarian Grand Prix. The first of its kind broadcast will feature a dedicated international feed aimed at enhancing the viewing experience for younger fans and be presented by […]
UK sports broadcaster Sky Sports has announced coverage of the US Open Tennis Championships is set to begin on August 28. Last year, Sky Sports revealed it had struck a five-year partnership with the United States Tennis Association (USTA) for the UK rights to the US Open Championships. Sky replaced Amazon Prime as the TV […]
Sky Sports has announced an extended rights partnership with Formula 1. The broadcaster will serve as the F1’s exclusive rights holder in the UK until 2029, and until 2027 in Germany and Italy. This extends a partnership first established in 2012 when Sky Sports first acquired the F1 rights. As part of this deal, Formula […]
Sky Sports has announced a renewed rights deal to broadcast the NBA. The broadcaster’s coverage will include a UK primetime evening match-up every Saturday and Sunday as part of a wider deal that will include 135 Regular Season games, the 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend in Salt Lake City (February 17-19), NBA 360 multiplex, the NBA […]
Sky Sports has announced a renewed deal with the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) that will see it broadcast more matches from the league than ever. The new deal, which runs through to 2029, will also include exclusive coverage of live fixtures from the Scottish Women’s Premier League (SWPL). Sky Sports will become an official […]
Liverpool’s shock 2-1 season-opening victory over champions Chelsea attracted a record TV audience for a FA Women’s Super League match for Sky Sports. Sky, which is in the second year of its landmark rights deal for the league, said that a peak of 420,000 viewers watched the newly promoted Liverpool overcome a one goal deficit […]
Sky Sports has confirmed that it will be exclusive PPV broadcaster of the hotly-anticipated Oleksandr Usyk vs Anthony Joshua rematch next month. The fight is scheduled to take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on August 20, and sees Joshua attempt to regain the WBA (Super), WBO and IBF titles after his loss to Usyk last […]
Sky Sports has announced a four-year extension of its deal with The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to broadcast live cricket through to the end of 2028. Sky said that the new deal will bring an additional 90 hours of live cricket to TV screens each year, including more women’s cricket than ever before. […]
