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2025 Snooker World Championship sets BBC streaming records

The 2025 World Snooker Championship attracted large TV audiences with the tournament being streamed a record-breaking 29 million times across BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport app – an increase of 25 per cent on 2024. The overall TV reach across BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Four over the tournament […]

May 8, 2025

Sunset+Vine producing snooker for BBC, 5

Sunset+Vine’s Scotland and London teams will cross paths in Sheffield as they produce elite snooker for two British broadcasters, BBC Sport and Channel 5. Sunset+Vine Scotland will be first to the table with 19 days of coverage of the Snooker World Championships led by Executive Producer and Head of Sunset+Vine Scotland Grant Philips.  “The Worlds […]

April 17, 2025

5 renews World Seniors Snooker Championship deal

5  has secured the exclusive broadcast rights for the World Seniors Snooker Championship for the second year in a row. Set to take place from May 7th to 11th, the deal will see all the action from Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre broadcast live on 5 and its digital channel 5Action, enabling a wide audience access to […]

April 10, 2025

BBC, World Snooker Tour extend broadcast deal

BBC Sport and World Snooker Tour have agreed an extension to their broadcast agreement to 2032. The new deal is a five-year extension to the current agreement, ensuring that the Triple Crown remains free-to-air for snooker fans across the UK. BBC Sport will continue to provide live TV and iPlayer coverage of Snooker’s three biggest […]

January 20, 2025By Nik Roseveare

ITV extends Matchroom deal

ITV will continue to televise major snooker and darts events following the signing of a one-year extension with Matchroom. The deal will see World Snooker Tour’s British Open, Champion of Champions, Players Championship and Tour Championship continue to receive free-to-air coverage across ITV and ITVX. The extension also includes a host of Professional Darts Corporation […]

September 24, 2024

WPBA events on Billiard TV

Billiard TV, the 24/7 television channel devoted to the sports of billiards, has partnered with the Women’s Professional Billiards Association (WPBA) to stream up to 12 events a year. With the WPBA partnership in place, Billiard TV now streams more than 1,000 hours of live events each year. The partnership will kick off on May […]

May 3, 2024

Snooker’s place in the televised sports landscape

In a world where sports enthusiasts are spoiled for choice with an array of events broadcasted across different platforms, snooker has carved out a special niche for itself. For fans of the sport, catching snooker on TV is not just about following a hobby; it’s a passion. With traditional broadcast television and modern streaming options, […]

February 8, 2024

Prime Video, Studio 99 announce Ronnie O’Sullivan doc

Ronnie O’Sullivan: The Edge of Everything, a new feature-length documentary following the world’s number one snooker player, is set to premiere November in select cinemas nationwide and on Prime Video. The film will debut in a one-night-live premiere screening on November 21st, featuring a unique Q&A with O’Sullivan, Executive Producer David Beckham and a special […]

October 28, 2023

FreeSports on Samsung TV Plus

Premier Media Broadcasting and Samsung have announced that FreeSports is now available on the Samsung TV Plus platform in the UK, where viewers can watch free live sports every day from around the world featuring football, cricket, motorsport, rugby union, rugby league, pool, ice hockey and more. The free, ad-supported service is available to all […]

December 9, 2021

Channelbox on Freeview launches new FAST channels

Freeview OTT platform Channelbox has extended its line up on the platform with a number of FAST channels. New TV channels include stand-up comedy channel NextUp Comedy, canine focused Fido TV, gourmet channel Bite and sports offering Billiard TV. Broadcasters are now able to monetise their content on Freeview OTT the same way as on […]

September 15, 2021