Sport broadcasting

  • ITV reveals World Cup 2026 presenting team and coverage plans

  • TNT Sports ends free-to-air access to European cup finals

  • TNT Sports unveils Roland-Garros 360 multicourt show

  • The challenges for broadcasters at the 2026 World Cup

  • BBC to show first ten minutes of World Cup fixtures on YouTube & TikTok

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Brave Bison to deliver and scale Iconic Boxing League on YouTube

2026-05-18T11:45:00+01:00By

Iconic Boxing League is a new global city-vs-city franchise competition that will be exclusively distributed on YouTube

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5 to show daily Commonwealth Games highlights

2026-05-15T14:24:00+01:00By

5 secured a deal with rights holder TNT Sports to show highlights after the BBC rejected the opportunity to show any content from the Games

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Netflix’s Quarterback returns for third season with new roster

2026-05-15T11:41:00+01:00By

The third season of the NFL Films, Omaha Productions and 2PM Productions docuseries launches on 14 July

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TNT Sports unveils day-long FA Cup Final coverage

2026-05-14T11:49:00+01:00By

Broadcaster’s coverage begins at 9am with breakfast show and runs through to 3pm kick-off, featuring Steven Gerrard, Joe Cole, Laura Woods and Ally McCoist

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Prime Video unveils 2026 WNBA schedule

2026-05-12T09:27:00+01:00By

It will broadcast 30 regular season games and the Commissioner’s Cup Championship

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WBD launches Dakar Rally docuseries following the Defender Rally team

2026-05-11T15:49:00+01:00By

The series follows motorcross champion Sara Price alongside teammates Stéphane Peterhansel and Rokas Baciuška

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West Ham players sign ‘Bubbles’ in British Sign Language video

2026-05-07T09:58:00+01:00By

Captain Jarrod Bowen and fellow first team players have learned to sign the club’s iconic anthem in BSL to improve matchday accessibility for deaf fans

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Podcast: Why AI & personalisation will change sport broadcasting

2026-05-07T08:00:00+01:00By

Whisper’s Dominic Gresset, Sunset+Vine’s Nick Moody, AJA’s Andy Bellamy, and Globecast’s Steve MacMurray speak about what’s next

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Sky Sports renews F1 rights

2026-05-06T15:45:00+01:00By

New partnership covers Italy as well as the UK and Ireland

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US football fans watched 80 billion minutes in 2025

2026-05-05T14:03:00+01:00By

Nielsen report demonstrates the rising popularity of football in the US, ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup

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Netflix enlists Vinnie Jones to front sports content push

2026-05-05T13:35:00+01:00By

The streamer has appointed the former footballer and actor as ‘official head coach’ of its Netflix Sports Club

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Sky Sports secures exclusive rights to women’s World Sevens Football

2026-05-05T12:12:00+01:00By

The broadcaster is providing full live coverage of the seven-a-side competition that runs from 28–30 May 2026

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The Sun to live stream celebrity boxing event

2026-05-01T13:48:00+01:00By

The Sun has partnered with German publisher BILD and Misfits Boxing to live broadcast the Fame Fighting v Misfits Boxing event from Germany on 6 June

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DAZN acquires ViewLift

2026-04-30T14:13:00+01:00By

Sports streaming giant DAZN has acquired US-based OTT and D2C platform ViewLift

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World Rugby turns to IMG for media rights sales

2026-04-30T12:21:00+01:00By

Partnership will aim to boost growth in the US and globally