Announced on Tuesday All linear and digital rights exclusively across Europe until 2031 on Eurosport of the Australian Open includes warmup events such as the ATP event in Adelaide.

 

Could well mean the end for the BBC highlights of the slam.

 

https://corporate.discovery.com/discovery-n...p-for-a-decade/

Premier Sports have announced via Twitter they will show games from the Rugby League Championship (as well as the Challenge Cup - taking over Sky sports rights?) from next season

The BBC has been announced as the host broadcaster for the 2022 World Gymnastics Championships in Liverpool.

 

It will be one of the largest international sporting events ever held in the city.

 

The championships, which are a qualifying event for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, take place at the M&S Bank Arena from 29 October-6 November.

Super League will be shown live on free-to-air television for the first time in the competition's 26-year history in 2022.

 

The two-year deal with Channel 4 will allow the broadcaster to show 10 live games each season.

 

Eight-time Champions Leeds Rhinos host Warrington Wolves on Saturday, 12 February in the first of those matches.

 

The remaining nine games will be spread across the season and will include two end-of-season play-off fixtures.

 

Sky Sports, who have held the television rights to the competition since its inception, will continue to show 66 matches a season including the Magic Weekend and the Grand Final.

The next five World Championships will be broadcast by BBC Sport after an extension to its World Athletics deal.

 

The new agreement also covers three more World Indoor Championships, including the 2024 event in Glasgow.

ITV will show 7 live games of the Gallagher Premiership including the Final in 22/23 and 23/24:

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunio...e-new-deal.html

That's a really positive step for rugby fans - the first time the Final will be shown on free-to-air TV! Hopefully the deal will continnue beyond 2024 as well.

Channel 4 will be showing the FIFA Club World Cup:

 

https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel...ld-cup-uae-2021

The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has agreed an exclusive broadcast deal with UK commercial network Channel 4 for the mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion’s 2022 season.

 

The arrangement covers the UK and the Republic of Ireland, securing Channel 4 coverage of the PFL’s inaugural Challenger Series, which begins on 18th February, along with the promotion’s regular season, playoffs, and world championship.

ITV are to broadcast highlights from the EFL Championship, League One and League 2. This also includes the Carabao Cup and the Papa John Trophy. This is from next season. Full details in the link below.

 

https://www.efl.com/news/2022/february/itv-...om-next-season/

Wonder if Colin Murray will be coming from Quest?!

Discussions of how well Northern Irish players do will be missed if he doesn't.

ITV are to broadcast highlights from the EFL Championship, League One and League 2. This also includes the Carabao Cup and the Papa John Trophy. This is from next season. Full details in the link below.

 

https://www.efl.com/news/2022/february/itv-...om-next-season/

Thanks for that, Flatcap, :)

 

Would be good to see it back on ITV again.

Discussions of how well Northern Irish players do will be missed if he doesn't.

 

Yeh 🤣

In a bit of an unexpected move it has been confirmed that Channel 4 will be showing live England Nations League matches, European qualifers and international friendles.

 

 

All England matches live on free to air television until 2024 as a result of Channel 4 deal

Six England UEFA Nations League matches to be shown live on Channel 4 this year

Live matches on Channel 4 include England’s clashes with Germany and current UEFA European Champions Italy

England’s European Qualifier games to be shown on Channel 4 in 2023

20 England matches live on Channel 4 between 2022 to 2024

England’s matches in the UEFA Nations League, European Qualifiers to UEFA EURO 2024 and International Friendlies will be shown live on Channel 4.

 

Six England games will be shown live on Channel 4 this year starting with their match against Hungary on 4th June, followed three days later with their away match against Germany on 7th June. Gareth Southgate’s men then look to avenge their UEFA EURO final defeat against Italy when they take on the reigning UEFA EURO champions at Molineux on 11th June. This will be the first time that live coverage of the men’s national team will have featured on Channel 4.

 

The deal struck by Channel 4’s sports team means that all England matches will be shown live on free to air television until 2024. And it will be the first time England UEFA Nations League games will be on free to air television. In total Channel 4 will broadcast 20 live England matches between 2022 to 2024.

 

Channel 4 CEO Alex Mahon said: “As a life-long committed football fan I am personally so delighted that we have these matches on the channel which further reinforce our reputation as a top quality sport broadcaster having been named Sports Network of the Year at this year’s British Sports Journalism Awards.”

 

Channel 4’s Chief Content Officer Ian Katz said: “After bringing some of the biggest sporting moments of last year to the nation, I’m delighted that Channel 4 will be airing so many mouth-watering England matches on free to air television.

 

“This deal shows Channel 4 can compete for some of the biggest properties in sport and will bring substantial new audiences to our award-winning slate of original programming.”

 

Channel 4 was named Sports Network of the Year at the British Sports Journalism Awards after delivering a host of free to air first class live sporting events to the nation throughout 2021, including Emma Raducanu’s stunning US Open Grand Slam win. It also struck a deal to show live coverage of the winner takes all F1 finale in Abu Dhabi which saw Max Verstappen beat Lewis Hamilton and drew 4.4 million viewers.

 

Other major live sports coverage on Channel 4 have also included: the British & Irish Lions; England’s Test tour of India; Ireland rugby union internationals; and the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games which attracted 20 million viewers. More recently the broadcaster aired more than 80 hours coverage of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Game and struck deals to show live Betfred Super League rugby and Formula E.

 

Channel 4’s Head of Sport Pete Andrews said: “England matches against Germany are always an exciting prospect and I’m sure the team will be keen to set the record straight against Italy after the defeat in the final of the UEFA EURO.

 

“We’re absolutely delighted to have secured this deal with UEFA and I’m sure England fans will be looking forward to the summer with great anticipation.”

 

The full details of England’s UEFA Nations League matches to be shown live on Channel 4 are:

 

4th June - Hungary vs England

 

7th June - Germany vs England

 

11th June – England vs Italy

 

14th June – England vs Hungary

 

23rd September – Italy vs England

 

26th September – England vs Germany.

 

The matches in the UEFA European Qualifiers in 2023 are yet to be determined, with the Draw scheduled on October 9, 2022

 

 

 

* England’s World Cup matches will be shown by other free to air broadcasters.

I wonder if they go with James Richardson as presenter like they did for the Club World Cup. It would be great if they picked up Clive Tyldesley to commentate on these games.

Announced on-air by Jason Mohammad that the BBC has extended its deal with World Snooker for another three years, to continue to show the World Championship, Masters and UK Championship until May 2027.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/61248671

 

No mention of the Welsh Open for BBC Wales, but presumably that will continue too.

Dear Channel 4,

 

Congratulations on winning the rights to show England games. Please note that Sam Matterface and Clive Tyldelsey are likely to be looking for work as a result. Please don't offer them any. They are both terrible.

 

Congratulations again,

Suedehead

Premier Sports have taken the rights to show UEFA Nations League Matches and European Qualifiers up until EURO 2024

 

Premier Sports have caused yet another upset in the bidding by winning the rights to show all non-England Qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2024 and Nations League Matches (including Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) for 2022/23.

 

https://www.premiersports.com/sports/footba...ons-league-live

Ffs RTE better be showing Ireland games!