A busy summer of sport is generating a surge of readership for UK media outlets, according to data from Taboola, with TV and digital audience figures for major events also breaking previous records. Wimbledon netted the top spot as this summer’s most read about sporting event, with articles around the tournament receiving 35 million page […]

The Wimbledon tennis Grand Slam attracted a record breaking 69.3 million online requests for BBC Sport from June 30th to July 13th – the highest ever digital engagement for the championships on record. Audiences turned to BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport app in unprecedented numbers across the two weeks with […]

Wurl, the streaming TV specialist, has announced a collaboration with Prime Video to support the streamer’s growing portfolio of live TV channels available for Prime members in Germany. Wurl is supporting Prime Video to launch its new TV Channel – Prime – in Germany dedicated to Prime Video entertainment content. “The streaming TV market in […]

Emma Raducanu’s Centre Court at Wimbledon on July 4th appearance attracted a peak TV audience of 5 million on the BBC – the third-highest peak for a non-final match in four years behind only her own fourth-round clash with Lulu Sun last year and Andy Murray vs John Isner in 2022. The match, which saw […]

Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD) channels and platform set to showcase the Wimbledon tennis tournament which commences on June 30th. Max and HBO Max will be the ticket to every match taking place at Wimbledon for viewers streaming the action in Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, The Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Slovakia and Sweden. Eurosport will […]

Sky Italia has extended its exclusive rights to broadcast Wimbledon in Italy for a further 4 years.  The tennis tournament, the oldest of the Grand Slam tennis events, will remain on Sky and streaming on NOW until at least 2030. “Wimbledon is not just a tennis tournament […] it is a world sports legend.,” commented […]

BBC Sport has secured a three-year rights extension with the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) to continue broadcasting the HSBC Championships live on BBC TV, radio and digital services from The Queen’s Club, meaning there will be even more hours of live tennis across the BBC this summer. For the first time in over 50 years, […]

Commencing this year, Tencent has obtained the exclusive new media broadcasting rights for Wimbledon in China, in a deal facilitated by IMG. During this three-year period, Tencent will bring the 2025-2027 Championships to Chinese fans through its digital media and social platforms, including Tencent Video, Tencent Sports, WeChat, Tencent News, qq.com, and QQ. Chinese audiences […]

The BBC and ITV’s broadcast selections for the 2024-25 Emirates FA Cup Second Round Proper has now been confirmed. The weekend of action will kick-off with Harrogate Town vs Gainsborough Trinity live on BBC Two at November 29th at 7:45pm, with the rest of the coverage as follows: Saturday 30 November – 11:30 GMT • […]