The BBC and TNT Sports have announced a new shared broadcast agreement for the FA Cup. Now covering the next four years, TNT Sports was originally announced as the primary broadcast rights holder for the competition, beginning from the 2025-26 season. However, the UK broadcaster was mandated by the FA to make a deal with a free-to-air network. The BBC …
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Government ‘currently minded’ to approve Premier League rights renewal
The UK government is reviewing the Premier League’s principal agreements with Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon Prime Video and BBC Sport for the £4.5 billion renewal of its existing media rights deal. The three-year extension, which runs from the 2022/23 campaign to the end of the 2024/25 season, requires the government’s approval to be rectified with the Competition Act 1998 …
Read More »DCMS secures £300m fund for sports winter survival
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has pledged £300 million to safeguard professional sports’ immediate future, as confirmed in its ‘Sport Winter Survival Package’. Emergency funds will be made available to sports governing bodies to distribute to clubs and organisations that have been affected by the ongoing COVID pandemic. Sports England will oversee the allocation of funds, …
Read More »DCMS to judge whether football needs to blackout betting
Nigel Adams, the UK Minister for Sports and Digital (DCMS), has stated that ‘football’s link with betting’ will form a key part of the government’s ‘imminent review’ of the 2005 Gambling Act. Interviewed by BBC Sport, Adams detailed concerns on football being ‘too dependent’ on gambling sponsorships, as the DCMS Minister outlined the government’s agenda for UK sports. Adams revealed …
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