I wonder if that includes FIBA tournaments, because I’m not sure they’re the NBA’s to sell (they may have bought it from FIBA, to inflate these rights). I doubt Americans care about the qualifiers where they send out a bunch of G-Leaguers (who most recently lost to Cuba) but the World Cup would be worth something.
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In all likelihood, they will break up. Charles Barkley has indicated he is retiring after this season regardless of who had the broadcast rights (although, I’m fairly sure he has said it in the past as well and not followed through). Ernie is a company man, so he will probably shift to doing more work with other sports offerings, probably baseball. Kenny and Shaq should be sought after.
A left-field option could be Amazon and WBD cutting a deal to keep Inside going (Inside could still air on TNT and as part of Amazon’s pre and post-game coverage while the game itself is shown on Prime).
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Not sure, I assume not though because the release mentioned “Team USA games in the lead up to the Olympic Games”. So yeah might just be the “real” non-FIBA tournament games.
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Sports streamer DAZN is the new home of top-division soccer in France after tying up a five-year deal worth a reporting €500M ($540M). BeIN Sports has also secured a select number of games.
Fears had been growing that Ligue 1, which is among the most well-known in Europe, would begin this month without an official broadcast partner after the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) had failed to find a buyer for the rights.
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The 16-team tournament kicks off on July 2nd with every match broadcast in the UK on either ITV or the BBC, except for the final, which will be shown on both ITV and the BBC.
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BBC Sport announces exclusive coverage of Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 in England
Expect coverage of the tournament across linear channels, with every match also available to watch live on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.
With exactly one year to go until England kick off the opening match of the tournament, BBC Sport is announcing an exclusive UK rights deal with World Rugby for live coverage of Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 in England.
BBC Sport will broadcast coverage of the tournament across linear channels, with every match also available to watch live on BBC iPlayer and the Sport website and app.
Live audio commentary will be broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Sports Extra. Fans will be able to listen to 5 Live coverage on BBC Sounds, DAB radio and the BBC Sport website. The exclusive coverage deal means there will also be content across BBC Scotland, BBC Wales and BBC Northern Ireland.
With England currently the number one team in the world in the World Rugby rankings and already qualified, the Red Roses will be hoping to secure their crown as World Champions in front of home fans.
Nine other teams (Brazil, Canada, Fiji, France, Ireland, Japan New Zealand, South Africa and USA) have already qualified. Scotland and Wales can confirm their places at WXV later this year when the remaining qualifiers will also be determined.
BBC and World Rugby can also confirm that WXV will be available on the BBC.
Alex Kay-Jelski, Director of BBC Sport says: “Next summer is set to be a huge moment for women’s sport and following coverage of WXV and the Women’s 6 Nations Championship on the BBC we’re proud to bring audiences exclusive coverage of Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 hosted in England. Big sporting moments have a unique ability to unify bringing people together and never more so when international competitions play out on home soil. And we cannot wait.”
World Rugby Chief Executive Alan Gilpin added: “We are delighted to be partnering with BBC Sport for Women’s Rugby World Cup England 2025 and WXV. The BBC is a massive champion of women’s rugby and women’s sport more broadly and with their multi-platform, diverse programming approach and regional reach, we look forward to making history together – the biggest, most accessible and record-breaking celebration of women’s rugby ever.”
Women’s Rugby World Cup England 2025 will start on 22nd August with hosts England kicking off the competition at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light. The tournament’s 10th edition will be hosted across eight nationwide locations with the final at the iconic Twickenham Stadium in London on 27th September, 2025.
BBC Sport’s rights portfolio also includes UEFA Women’s EURO 2025, Women’s Super League, the Olympic Games, The FA Cup, Wimbledon Championships, the Six Nations, the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League. The BBC is a long-standing audio partner of the men’s and women’s Rugby World Cups.
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TG4 in Ireland will show two AFLW matches (on delay or “deferred”) and highlights every week during the 2024 season which starts on Friday. It will have a mixture of matches produced by Seven and Fox Footy.
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Incorrectly refers to the league as the WAFL at points. Great to see international rights. Do they show Mens games?
Also Freemantle.
I think TNT Sports show most men’s games over there (I believe they’re also in Ireland). Also showing 2 AFLW games in round 1 (Sydney vs Collingwood and Brisbane vs Kangaroos).
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The BBC will cover Scotland’s home three-match T20 series against Australia on iPlayer and radio.
https://x.com/bbctms/status/1831006462815944789?s=46&t=1xDnT4GHEsdn4Svv1sS4Iw
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I wonder if the BBC radio coverage of Australia’s limited overs tour of Scotland and England will be available in Australia?
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the BBC Radio 5 Live/5 Sports Extra audio streams are accessible here in Australia.
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But often geoblocked.
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I can listen to live streaming of Radio 5 Live right now, but not Radio 5 Sports Extra as it is geoblocked.
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On Dec. 26, 2024, we’ll be the global home of the NFL’s two Christmas Day marquee games: The Super Bowl LVII-winning Chiefs will face the Steelers and the Ravens will take on the Texans. And mark your calendar for Christmas Day in 2025 and 2026 when we’ll be streaming at least one holiday game each year as part of this three-season deal.
The Chiefs-Steelers game will stream at 5am AEDT followed by Ravens v Texans at 8.30am AEDT.
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It will also simulcast on NFL Game Pass but not on ESPN/Kayo
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