Sports broadcasting contracts in the United Kingdom

This article refers to sports broadcasting contracts in the United Kingdom. For a list of sports broadcasting rights in other countries, see List of sports television broadcast contracts.

Certain sporting events are protected by the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events and must be broadcast live and free-to-air on terrestrial television in the UK.

Association Football

Television

Broadcasting Contracts for Football (Television)
Event Broadcaster Broadcast Details
FIFA World Cup Finals BBC Sport and ITV Sport[1] All 2018 and 2022 matches live
FIFA Confederations Cup ITV Sport Live in 2017
European Championship Finals BBC Sport and ITV Sport All Euro 2016 and Euro 2020 matches live on BBC Sport and ITV; All Wales group matches in Euro 2016 live on S4C
European Qualifiers Sky Sports and ITV Sport World Cup 2018, Euro 2020 and World Cup 2022 qualifying matches live on Sky Sports and ITV
Nations League Sky Sports Live on Sky Sports in 2019 and 2021
Copa América Premier Sports and BBC Sport (highlights) (2015) All 26 matches live on Premier Sports, highlights on BBC Sport website
Africa Cup of Nations Eurosport and ITV Sport All matches live on Eurosport to 2015;[2] 4 group matches plus both semi-finals and final live plus daily highlights on ITV in 2015
CONCACAF Gold Cup BT Sport Live in 2015
CONCACAF Champions League Eurosport Live until 2020
AFC Asian Cup Eurosport Live in 2015
FIFA Club World Cup BBC Sport (highlights) Highlights on the BBC Sport website
UEFA Champions League BT Sport and ITV Sport (highlights) Live on BT Sport until 2018 with 12 live matches including final available free-to-air on BT Sport Showcase; highlights on ITV[3][4]
Copa Libertadores Premier Sports 32 live matches per season
UEFA Europa League BT Sport and ITV Sport (highlights) Live on BT Sport until 2018 with 14 live matches including final available free-to-air on BT Sport Showcase; highlights on ITV
Copa Sudamericana Premier Sports 30 live matches per season
Premier League Sky Sports, BT Sport and BBC Sport (highlights) Sky Sports (116 live games (packages B, C, D, E and F)) and BT Sport (38 live games (packages A and G)) until 2016; BBC Sport (highlights)

***2016–19: Sky Sports (126 live games (packages A, C, D, E and G)) and BT Sport (42 live games (packages B and F)[5][6][7] ; BBC Sport (highlights)[8]***

FA Community Shield BT Sport and BBC Sport Live on BT Sport until 2018, highlights on BBC Sport
FA Cup BBC Sport, BT Sport and S4C BBC (16 live matches including one semi-final and shared final per season) and BT Sport (25 live matches including one semi-final and shared final per season) until 2018; up to one additional match per round involving Welsh clubs on S4C and BBC Wales
*** 2018-19 to 2020-21: BBC (16 live matches per season including final]; BT Sport (30 live matches per season including final) ***
The Football League Sky Sports and Channel 5 (highlights) Sky Sports 112 live matches per-season, plus live play-off matches and final (50 Championship, 25 shared between League One and League Two) until 2019; highlights on Channel 5 until 2018[9][10][11][12]
Football League Cup Sky Sports and Channel 5 (highlights) Sky Sports, 15 live matches per-season, including semi-finals and final until 2019; highlights on Channel 5 until 2018
La Liga Sky Sports and S4C (highlights) Over 100 live matches per season until 2018,[13] highlights on S4C
Copa del Rey Sky Sports Live until 2018 [13]
Bundesliga BT Sport and ITV Sport (highlights) Live on BT Sport until 2017; highlights on ITV
Serie A BT Sport[14] Live until 2018
Coppa Italia Sky Sports Live
Ligue 1 BT Sport[14] Live
Primeira Liga BT Sport Live
Eredivisie Sky Sports Live until 2018[15]
Major League Soccer Sky Sports Live until 2019[16][17][18]
J1 League British Eurosport Three matches per week
Liga MX British Eurosport Live until 2022
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and Campeonato Paulista BT Sport[19] Up to 100 live matches per season
Copa do Brasil Eurosport Live
A-League BT Sport[20] Live
Argentine Primera División Premier Sports 76 live matches per season
Belgian Pro League Premier Sports live
Football League Trophy Sky Sports and Channel 5 (highlights) 2 other matches and Final live on Sky Sports until 2019; highlights of final on Channel 5 until 2018
Football Conference BT Sport 30 live matches per season until 2018
FA Youth Cup ITV Sport Four matches including Final live on ITV4, subject to venue
England football team ITV Sport All qualifiers live on ITV until 2022; Nations League matches live on Sky Sports until 2021
England under-21 national football team BT Sport Home friendlies and qualifiers live until 2018
Wales football team Sky Sports, BBC Sport, ITV Sport (Highlights) and S4C (highlights) Qualifiers live on Sky Sports, Friendlies live on BBC Wales, highlights of qualifiers on ITV Sport & S4C
Scotland football team Sky Sports and ITV Sport (highlights) Qualifiers and home friendlies live on Sky Sports until 2018, highlights of qualifiers on ITV Sport
Republic of Ireland national football team Sky Sports, Premier Sports and ITV Sport Qualifiers live on Sky Sports, Home friendlies live on Premier Sports, highlights of qualifiers on ITV Sport
Northern Ireland football team Sky Sports, BBC Sport and ITV Sport Qualifiers live on Sky Sports, Home friendlies on BBC Northern Ireland until 2016, highlights of qualifiers on ITV Sport
Scottish Professional Football League Sky Sports, BT Sport and BBC Alba 30 live matches per season on Sky Sports; 30 live matches per season plus play-offs live on BT Sport until 2020;[21] highlights on BBC Scotland until 2016. BBC Alba 3 live Premiership matches, 35 delayed matches on Saturday evenings and 16 live lower division matches until 2015.
Scottish Cup Sky Sports and BBC Scotland Sky Sports 9 live matches including Final until 2018
BBC Scotland 5 live matches including Final until 2018
Scottish League Cup BT Sport 13 live games each season on BT Sport until 2020
Scottish Challenge Cup BBC Alba Live until 2015
Scottish Junior Cup BBC Alba Final live
Scottish Youth Cup Sky Sports Live until 2018
Welsh Premier League S4C One match per round on Saturday evening, highlights on Sgorio on Mondays.[22]
Welsh Cup S4C One live game from round three onwards plus highlights
NIFL Premiership BBC Northern Ireland Highlights on Final Score from Northern Ireland and Irish League Show
Irish Cup BBC Northern Ireland Final live plus highlights of earlier rounds
Northern Ireland Football League Cup BBC Northern Ireland Final live plus highlights of earlier rounds
Northern Ireland Milk Cup BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Red Button Finals night live plus highlights of earlier rounds
FA Women's Cup BBC Sport Final Live
FA Women's Super League BT Sport and BBC Sport (highlights) 12 live matches per season on BT Sport plus weekly highlights; highlights on BBC
FIFA Women's World Cup BBC Sport and Eurosport All games live on BBC and Eurosport in 2015
UEFA Women's Championship BBC Sport and Eurosport Live
FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA U-17 World Cup, FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Eurosport Live until 2016[23]
UEFA European Under-21 Championship BT Sport (2015) All 15 matches live on BT Sport

Radio

Radio Station Events
BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra 128 live Premier League commentaries per season (to 2016); live commentaries from the Championship, FA Cup (until 2018), League Cup, Scottish Premiership, Scottish Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, International qualifiers and friendlies involving England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland plus 16 live FA Women's Super League games and FA Women's Cup Final.

Live commentary from 2014 FIFA World Cup

BBC World Service 5 Live commentary on Sportsworld on approximately 50 Premier League matches per season plus commentary on selected FA Cup matches, League Cup Final and UEFA Champions League final
Talksport Live commentary on 64 Premier League matches per season and reports on all other matches (to 2016); live commentaries from Football League play-off finals, FA Community Shield, FA Cup, Football League Cup, UEFA Champions League, England friendly internationals, England away qualifiers and other home nations away international qualifiers and friendlies.

Live commentary from Euro 2016 and Euro 2020 finals on Talksport and Talksport 2
Off-tube commentary of selected UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, International friendlies and La Liga matches on Talksport 2

Absolute Radio 32 live Premier League commentaries per season (to 2016)
BBC Local Radio Local commentaries on Premier League, Championship, FA Cup and League Cup matches
Independent Radio News Reports and goal flashes from all Premier League matches to UK commercial radio network
Wireless Group Commentaries on local radio stations including Signal 2, Signal 107, Pulse 1, Swansea Sound, Wish FM, Tower FM, Radio Wave 96.5 and Peak FM
BBC Radio Scotland Live commentary from all Scottish Premiership matches plus Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and Scotland international matches
BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru Commentary on all Swansea City, Cardiff City matches and commentary on Newport County and Wrexham matches
BBC Radio Ulster Live commentary on Irish League, Irish Cup, Irish League Cup, Setanta Cup and Northern Ireland International matches
Clyde 1 Reports and goal flashes from Saturday afternoon Scottish Premiership matches

Rugby Union

Television

Radio

Commentary on Six Nations, Autumn Internationals, Aviva Premiership and European Rugby Champions Cup matches
Live commentary on 2015 Rugby World Cup

Commentary on all Wales international matches
Live commentary on all Wales matches in 2015 Rugby World Cup
Commentary on British and Irish Lions tests on BBC Radio Cymru

Commentary on all Ulster European Rugby Champions Cup matches and selected Ulster Pro 12 matches.
Live commentary on Ireland Six Nations and Autumn International matches
Live commentary on all Ireland matches in 2015 Rugby World Cup

Commentary on all Scotland Six Nations matches
Live commentary on all Scotland matches in 2015 Rugby World Cup

Commentary on Aviva Premiership matches on talkSPORT 2; reports on Six Nations and Aviva Premiership matches on talkSPORT

Reports on Six Nations, Autumn Internationals, Aviva Premiership and European Rugby Champions Cup matches

Cricket

Television

Highlights of ICC events on BBC Sport website until 2019

Radio

Test Match Special Live commentary on all England home Test, ODI and T20 matches until 2019
Commentaries on England overseas tours, plus ICC Cricket World Cup and ICC World Twenty 20 matches

Commentary on all 2016 County matches on BBC Sport website. Selected matches on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and on BBC Local Radio.
All Derbyshire matches on BBC Radio Derby 1116 AM
All Worcestershire matches on BBC Hereford and Worcester 738 AM
All Hampshire matches on BBC Radio Solent 999 / 1359 AM
Kent One-Day Cup and T20 matches on BBC Radio Kent 774 AM

Commentary on all 2016 ICC World Twenty20 matches
Off-tube commentary on Indian Premier League matches

Hourly reports on England home Test matches, ODI and T20 matches for UK commercial radio network

Tennis

Television

Radio

Commentary on Wimbledon, US Open, French Open, Australian Open, BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, ATP World Tour Finals plus Queens Club Championships and Great Britain Davis Cup matches

Commentary on Wimbledon men's and women's singles finals

Reports on Wimbledon, US Open, French Open and Australian Open on talkSPORT; commentary from nine ATP Masters 1000 events and ATP World Tour Finals on talkSPORT2

Golf

Television

Radio

Commentary on The Open Championship, US Open, US Masters, PGA Championships, and the Ryder Cup

Commentary on the Scottish Open on 810 MW

Coverage from selected PGA Tour events from PGA Tour Radio

Motor Sport

Television

**2019–24: All races live on Sky Sports F1, with live free-to-air coverage of the British Grand Prix and highlights of all other races**[39]

Radio

All Formula One races live, qualifying sessions and some practices on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra until 2021

All Formula One races live, qualifying sessions and practices on BBC Sport Online until 2021

Live commentary of the North West 200 and Ulster Grand Prix

Live commentary on Isle of Man TT races on Manx Radio TT on 1386 AM

Boxing

Television

Radio

Commentary on major fights involving British boxers

Multi-disciplines events

Television

Radio

Athletics

Television

Radio

Commentary from IAAF World Championships, European Athletics Championships, IAAF Diamond League and UK Athletics major events
Commentary on London Marathon and Great North Run

Rugby League

Television

*** 2017-21: 80 live games per season on Sky Sports ***[52]

Radio

Snooker

Television

Horse Racing

Television

Radio

Commentary on all major races with full coverage of Cheltenham Festival, The Grand National and The Derby until 2016[55]

5 Live commentary on The Grand National

Commentary on major meetings including Cheltenham Festival, The Grand National and The Derby on talkSPORT and talkSPORT2

Equestrianism

Television

Darts

Television

Rowing

Television

Radio

Cycling

Television

Radio

Tour de France commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and BBC Sport website
UCI Road World Championships and World Track Championships: Live on Sports Extra

Swimming

Television

Radio

Triathlon

Television

Gymnastics

Television

American Football

Television

Radio

Ice Hockey

Television

Field Hockey

Television

Basketball

Television

Radio

Baseball

Television

Winter Sports

Television

Sailing

Television

Gaelic Games

Television

Radio

GAA live coverage of the Ulster Club and Ulster Senior Football Championships, and games in the National League, qualifiers and All-Ireland Championship involving Ulster counties until 2017

Shinty

Television

Netball

Television

Badminton

Television

Squash

Television

Bowls

Television

Table Tennis

Television

Australian Rules Football

Television

Beach Volleyball

Television

References

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