Pakistan batsman Yasir Hameed has claimed that his comments have been ‘inaccurately reported’ after his interview published in the UK newspaper the News of the World cast further allegations on his team-mates of match-fixing. read more
The Badminton World Federation (BWF), the governing body for badminton, has appointed IMG Media, a division of IMG Worldwide, to handle all media rights sales for BWF major events in all territories, across all five continents. read more
The Football League entered the mobile phone application market with the ‘Official Football League Clubs’ iPhone application. read more
ITV has escaped censure from Ofcom over the World Cup gaffe that saw viewers being shown a car advert instead of Steven Gerrard’s goal against the USA. read more
New figures produced by the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB) has revealed that the World Cup in South Africa saw the average TV viewer watch an extra two hours a week and increased commercial impacts by 4.1% in the first six months of the year. read more
ESPN has announced that Mark Durden-Smith, who has covered rugby union for more than six years, is to host the broadcaster’s Aviva Premiership Rugby coverage next season alongside Austin Healey. read more
Analyst reports have suggested that BT’s £30m marketing expenditure to promote its cut-price access to Sky Sports channels is delivering fewer customers than hoped for. read more
Sports broadcaster ESPN is launching a mobile phone application that provides video footage of every Premier League goal – within minutes of the ball crossing the line. read more
BT and Sainsbury’s have signed an agreement to become joint sponsors of Channel 4’s coverage of the London 2012 Paralympics. read more
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has launched a new Facebook app for basketball fans around the world to generate online buzz around the upcoming World Championship in Turkey which starts on 28th August. read more
BSkyB has further increased the advertising of its sports channels after striking deals with TalkSport and Absolute Radio to sponsor both radio stations' Premier League football coverage next season. read more
Terrestrial broadcaster Channel 4 has confirmed that it will screen a highlights programme of the Sainsbury’s UK School Games. read more
The average TV market share for England’s World Cup games in the UK was 68% according to a survey by SPORT+MARKT. read more
ITV has been awarded the UK broadcast rights for the Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand and 2015 in England. read more
The BBC has finally been given the go-ahead by the BBC Trust to launch smartphone apps - meaning it can extend its reach of its news and sport service. read more
The BBC’s has launched a new London 2012 website to mark two years to go until the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games. read more
EA Sports has signed a unique deal to become the official technology partner of the Premier League, a partnership that includes the provision of on-screen branding during all live televised games. read more
Top Up TV has announced that it will bring Sky Sports 1 & Sky Sports 2 to over 10m Freeview homes in the UK when it launches its new sports packs on 2nd August 2010. read more
Sports and Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson has announced that any changes to the listed events ruling governing sports that are reserved for free-to-air broadcast are to be deferred until 2013 after the digital switchover process. read more
Freesat, set up by the BBC and ITV to assist digital switchover, is reportedly looking to offer its customers a pay TV deal that would include Sky Sports 1 and 2. read more
The Open Championship is to stay on terrestrial television until at least 2016 after the R&A signed a new five-year broadcasting deal with the BBC. read more
FIFA.com attracted over a quarter of a billion visits as the world engaged online with the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. read more
ESPN has expanded its UK sports programme by securing the rights to broadcast a nightly highlight show from the 139th Open Championship at Scotland’s St Andrews between 15th and 18th July. read more
The BBC has won the battle of the World Cup Final viewing figures with a five to one share of the audience over ITV. read more
ESPN and Sky Sports have revealed their initial fixtures for the start of the new Barclays Premier League season. read more
Yahoo! is rolling out the next stage of its football-based campaign with brand ambassador David Beckham as the former England captain prepares to take part in a 90 minute internet interview. read more
Sky is set to put up the price of its Sky Sports channels, raising the cost to BT Vision and Virgin of broadcasting live sporting events. read more
The lucrative contract for the sale of international TV rights to the Indian Premier League is be put back out to market after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) cancelled its existing partnership with World Sport Group amid allegations of ‘all-pervasive fraud’. read more
The BBC has agreed a two-year deal with the ATP to broadcast the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at The O2 from 21st – 28th November. read more
19.5 million people watched the BBC One’s coverage of England's 4-1 defeat by Germany in the 2010 FIFA World Cup as the team crashed out of the competition. read more
BT Vision has secured a deal with and Sky to enable its viewers to watch Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 from 1st August 2010. read more
The BBC attracted a peak audience of 15.4m for its coverage of England’s last World Cup group game against Slovenia with a further 6m unique users visiting the broadcaster’s website during the game – a new online audience record. read more
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