Sport

February 14, 2018• Sport, TV

Premier League Rights Update

Yesterday evening came news that the bulk of the Premier League packages for 2019-2022 have been sold to the incumbents, Sky and BT. But...

December 21, 2017• Sport

The new Premier League TV rights auction for the UK has just got under way, with bids due in at the end of January, and the results...

September 22, 2017• Internet, Sport, TV

It’s nearly time for the money-go-round… sorry, merry-go-round, that is the Premier League rights auction for seasons...

June 30, 2017• Sport, TV

Today brings some interesting news, with the ECB actually allowing some free-to-air cricket on TV screens in the future. The BBC has done a...

June 30, 2017• Sport, TV

Sky Sports is reportedly getting a bit of a makeover, losing the numbered channels currently known as Sky Sports 1-5, and instead gaining...

March 6, 2017• Sport, TV

Last week, BT Chief Executive Gavin Patterson was reported as saying that “rampant inflation in sports rights” had to end....

January 26, 2017• Sport, TV

Channel carriage disputes are relatively rare in the UK, but we’re in for a sizeable one right now, with Discovery publicly stepping...

October 7, 2016• Sport, TV

The chart above is screen-grabbed from an otherwise excellent ITV4 documentary called When Football Changed the World. It looked at the...

September 19, 2016• Sport

There is much wrong in the world of sport, including doping. Intrinsically most sports bodies are placed in tough positions, often at odds...

May 31, 2016• Sport, TV

Since I had a look at the Europa League viewership the other day, I thought it was only fair to consider the Champions’ League Final...