Ahead of the 2025 Premier League Darts season, Sky and the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) have announced a five-year rights extension keeping Sky Sports as the home of darts until 2030, marking nearly 40 years of collaboration. The new deal will include over 60 days of exclusively live coverage from some of the biggest darts […]
A man from Birmingham in the UK West Midlands who ran a sophisticated illegal streaming operation has been jailed for two years and nine months for offences related to creating and operating an illegal streaming service. Between November 2017 and June 2020, Gary McNally, from Acocks Green, Birmingham ran an illegal IPTV service known as […]
Figures from Sky Sports indicate an average audience of 2.7 million for the World Darts Championship Final on January 3rd, with a peak of around 3.1 million. Teenage darts sensation Luke Littler took the crown with a comfortable 7-3 victory over Michael van Gerwen at Alexandra Palace. Whilst short of last year’s record (3.1 million […]
Poker tournaments have gained immense popularity in recent years. The mix of strategy, psychology, and skill draws countless poker fans, many of whom follow the action from their own homes. Watching live poker tournaments on TV channels has become a favourite pastime for enthusiasts eager to stay updated with the latest moves and developments. Televised […]
Elspeth Lerwell, the Licensee, and Richard Hole, the Sole Director of the Fairfield Social Club in Swansea, Wales, have been found guilty in their absence of four offences related to the dishonest broadcast of Sky televised programming. In this case, both Lerwell and Hole televised football matches with the intent to avoid payment of the […]
In a show of support for pubs during the busy December trading period, Sky Business has donated its shirt sponsorship of PDC World Darts Championship players to PubAid, the positive voice for UK pubs. During the opening matches which took place this week, PubAid had the sleeve sponsorship for Ryan Joyce, Robert Owen and Ryan […]
Endeavor Streaming and Sky New Zealand have expanded their partnership with a multi-year deal that includes a range of user experience enhancements, personalisation features and advanced advertising capabilities, designed to elevate the viewing experience and unlock new revenue streams for the sports streaming platform, Sky Sport Now. Endeavor Streaming first partnered with Sky in 2014 […]
A licensee in Stockton-on-Tees in the northeast of England has been ordered to pay a total of £19,950.24 (€23,900) in damages and costs for infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports programming illegally in their premises, following successful legal action taken by Sky. Sky sought, and was awarded, damages and costs in the Intellectual Property […]
Sky and Amazon have announced an extension of their long-term collaboration that will see Prime Video continue to be available on Sky devices. The extension means that Sky customers in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland with a Prime Video subscription will be able to watch content from Sky and Prime Video, all […]
The Melbourne Cup Carnival will see record TV exposure with the Australian horse racing festival to be aired on 28 sporting networks, covering 228 territories. The Lexus Melbourne Cup will headline the four-day meeting. Run on November 5th. The $8.5 million feature race takes place at Flemington Racecourse where the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) and […]