Eurosport will broadcast the 2016 Australian Open exclusively live in the UK as Andy Murray targets a first title at Melbourne Park losing last two finals agaist Novak Djokovic. Eurosport has held the UK’s Australian Open rights for several years and has previously sublicensed the semi-finals and finals to the BBC. The BBC will retain highlights, but the latest development means the end of its live coverage of grand slam tennis other than Wimbledon. Tennis satellite TV schedule “Eurosport offers more Grand Slam tennis coverage than any other broadcaster in the UK and we are proud to be adding this tournament exclusively live to our strong line-up, which already includes full coverage of … Continue Reading
Kerry County Convention passes a motion calling for end to current Sky pay-per-view deal and show all GAA matches FTA (free–to–air) in UK. The GAA’s three-year deal with Sky Sports runs until the end of the 2016 Championship, and and the GAA must then decide to extend the contract with Sky or revert to free-to-air only. GAA Gaelic Sports Satellite TV and Live Stream Coverage The bidding process for the rights renewal could be definitely interesting and it could be a very profitable deal for the GAA, who enjoyed a great year in the Kingdom. According IrishExaminer, The Kerry County Board reported profits of €907,417 this … Continue Reading
D8, the digital-terrestrial television channel operated by pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus, has acquired rights in France for the next three editions of football’s UEFA Champions League final. The final of the 2015-16 Champions League will take place on May 28 at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy. D8 acquired the rights in a sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports, the rights-holder for the European club tournament in France. Under French legislation, beIN Sports was obliged to make the final of the Champions League available on free–to–air television (FTA). D8 agreed to pay €3m ($3.3m) per year for the … Continue Reading
Altice Group has been awarded ad Barclays Premier League exclusive broadcasting rights in France and Monaco and non-exclusive rights in Andorra, Luxembourg and Switzerland for the three seasons from 2016/17 to 2018/19. “We are very pleased that Altice has chosen to invest in our broadcasting rights for seasons 2016/17 to 2018/19,” Premier League Executive Chairman, Richard Scudamore, said in his statement. Football satellite TV schedule “Altice has an established track record as a global telecommunications company and we look forward to working with them to deliver high-quality coverage of the Premier League to our many fans in France, and the other territories for which Altice has acquired our rights.” … Continue Reading
Breaking news for football fans in Germany and Austria! Pay-TV Sky Deutschland has lost the rights to show English Premier League from the season 2016/17. Premier League satellite TV schedule The TV rights have gone to London-based sports media company Perform Group, who, at the same time, have also been awarded non-exclusive Premier League rights in Switzerland and Luxembourg. It means viewers in these Central European countries are likely to have to subscribe to a web-based service to watch live streams of the action. Perform Group owns Spox.com, which already offers live streams of sporting events to viewers in Germany. Sky operates pay-TV services in the UK, Ireland, Germany, … Continue Reading
Subscribers of German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland can receive sports channel Sportdigital in high definition quality from December 1, 2015. Live football on satellite TV Sky customers with DTH reception equipment subscribed to at least basic package will be able to sign up for sportdigital HD at any time. Sportdigital has been available to Sky customers since 2008. Existing subscribers continue to pay €4.99 per month to access the channel. New customers will have to pay €5.99 per month from December 1, 2015. The HD version of sportdigital launched in November 2014, but has so far not been available to Sky customers. Following the motto … Continue Reading
According to Bild, German public broadcaster ARD and pay-TV Sky Deutschland have retained the broadcast rights to the DFB-Pokal, Germany’s national knockout soccer cup, from the 2016/17 season. The competition was founded in 1935, then called Tschammer-Pokal. The first titleholder were 1. FC Nuremberg. Bayern Munich have won the most titles (17) while Fortuna Düsseldorf hold the record for most consecutive tournament wins (18) between 1978 and 1981, taking the cup in 1979 and 1980. Bundesliga satellite TV schedule The new deals, agreed with the German Football Association (DFB), are said to be worth around €100 million per season, representing a marked increase … Continue Reading
November 27, 2015
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For the seventh year Abu Dhabi will host Formula 1’s only twilight race. Taking place on the 27, 28, 29 November, the 2015 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX is the Middle East’s biggest international sporting event. Bigger than ever before Yas Marina Circuit will host GP2 and GP3 as the support races, the final race of the 2015 season Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix live on satellite TV. Like always, Formula 1 is always broadcasted FTA (free-to-air) on different satellite positions. SportEventz will provide full satellite TV listing with all details from Friday 27th November until Sunday … Continue Reading
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world featuring most of the top-ranked fighters. Based in the United States, the UFC produces fighting events worldwide. The organization showcases nine weight divisions and abides by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. The UFC has also bought and absorbed rival promotions Pride, World Extreme Cagefighting, as well as Strikeforce and EliteXC. The first UFC event was held on November 12, 1993 at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado. With a TV deal and expansion into Europe, Australia the Middle East, Asia and new markets within the United States, … Continue Reading
EHF European Championship takes place from 15. to 31. January in Poland. Final match will be held on 31 january 2016 in Tauron Arena, Krakow. Denmark is the team with most medals won in European Championship history with a total of six medals, those being two gold medals (2008, 2012), one silver (2014) and three bronze medals (2002, 2004 & 2006). The last EHF European Men’s Handball Championship was the 11th edition of the tournament and held in Denmark from 12–26 January 2014. France won their third title after defeating Denmark 41–32 in the final, and become the first team in … Continue Reading
