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HBO Max is now the streaming home of TNT Sports in the UK, and the place to find LIV Golf
LIV Golf Mexico City is available on TNT Sports and HBO Max 16-19 April Catch HBO’s biggest shows of the year including the first season of the hugely anticipated Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, debuting Christmas 2026 and the next instalments of Euphoria in April, House of the Dragon later in the year Watch new titles including Rooster, DTF St. Louis, the third season of The Comeback* and award-winning Max Original The Pitt, alongside Oscar®-winners One Battle Afte

Warner Bros Discovery
Mar 264 min read


Sky Sports nominated for BAFTA for coverage of 2025 Ryder Cup
Sky Sports have been nominated for a BAFTA Television Award for the production of their coverage of the 2025 Ryder Cup, which was dramatically won by Europe over the USA at Bethpage State Park last September. Sky covered the Ryder Cup for the 15th time and their coverage was part of their most watched ever weekend across all channels, with 5 million tuning in across the three-day tournament. Sunday’s singles session attracted the highest-ever peak audience for golf on Sky Spo

Matt Hooper
Mar 254 min read


TNT Sports moves to HBO Max on Thursday, meaning a new home for LIV Golf in the UK
After an excellent start to covering LIV Golf, TNT Sports coverage of the global golf league will move from Discovery+ to HBO Max when the streaming service launches in the UK on Thursday. TNT Sports coverage has been delivered on-site from each event so far including visits to Riyadh, Adelaide, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Africa, with 30-45 minutes build-up to each round along with comments mid-way through and following each round. Their team has been headed by Craig Doyl

Matt Hooper
Mar 244 min read


Prime Video Announces March 30 Premiere Date for Rory McIlroy: The Masters Wait
Today, Prime Video announced a March 30 premiere date and revealed the official trailer and key art for Rory McIlroy: The Masters Wait, a feature-length documentary from Everyone Else, in association with Firethorn Productions, about Rory McIlroy’s winding road to his 2025 Masters victory and completing the career Grand Slam. The documentary will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. There are rare moments in sport when time

Amazon MGM Studios
Mar 42 min read


A Sky Sports deal with Zuffa Boxing would expose their rank hypocrisy
The day is Sunday 18 April 2021, and Manchester United are playing at home to Burnley in an empty Old Trafford due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. The match is the second Premier League game of the day and the flagship game on Sky Sports' Super Sunday. Martin Tyler and Gary Neville are on commentary duty for Sky, with Dave Jones, Roy Keane and Micah Richards in the studio in London, and a football news story is breaking that is about to rock the very foundations of the sport. Arsen

Matt Hooper
Feb 249 min read


TNT Sports, home of LIV Golf in the UK, set to move to HBO Max from Thursday 26 March
TNT Sports, the only place to watch LIV Golf in the UK, is set to move to HBO Max when the Premier Global streaming service from Warner Bros. Discovery launches on Thursday 26 March, it was announced today. After just shy of 3 years, TNT Sports is leaving Discovery+ and will be only available on HBO Max, when the streaming service launches in the UK on Thursday 26 March. TNT Sports has recently acquired the UK rights to LIV Golf, broadcasting the first event of the season fro

Matt Hooper
Feb 95 min read


It is time to call out the bias of some of the golf media, you are damaging this sport
Jon Rahm tees off at LIV Golf Riyadh / LIV Golf Just over 11 years ago I had a meeting which until now I have never discussed publicly. I met with a senior member of Newsquest, the UK subsidiary of Gannet Media, to discuss St Andrews Golf Magazine, which is now SHANK. We met at The Saint on South Street in St Andrews, and discussed the plan for the magazine. I won't identify the gentleman, but he was interested in acquiring St Andrews Golf Magazine as Newsquest and Gannett di

Matt Hooper
Feb 88 min read


LIV Golf: TNT Sports make impressive debut
Sky Sports have been the undisputed home of live televised golf in the UK for more than 30 years, they currently hold the rights to the Masters, PGA Championship, US Open, The Open, PGA TOUR, DP World Tour, LPGA, Ladies European Tour, Ryder Cup, Solheim Cup, the Senior Majors and the biggest events in the amateur game. But since 2022 there has been one significant element of golf which they have not covered - LIV Golf. In the UK we began with three seasons on YouTube in 2022,

Matt Hooper
Feb 45 min read


Sky extends PGA TOUR partnership until 2029, as Sky Sports remains the unrivalled home for golf fans in the UK and Ireland
Sky and the PGA TOUR have agreed a four-year extension to their long-standing partnership in the UK and Ireland through to the end of 2029. This follows recent extensions to rights agreements with the Ladies European Tour, DP World Tour, USGA and Augusta National, resulting in Sky Sports remaining the exclusive home of all golf Majors, the Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup, as well as year-round action from the men’s and women’s Tours for at least the next four years. Under the new a

Sky Group
Dec 22, 20252 min read


Christmas TV and Streaming Guide: McIlroy's Masters epic replayed by Sky on Christmas Day
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and here is the ultimate guide to Christmas TV and Streaming, from today through to New Year's Day. It is a good job we have the likes of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, MGM+, Discovery+, Sky Go, Paramount+, Disney+, Rakuten and Pluto TV available, because I have to be honest the fare being offered by BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 is particularly terrible, with the possible exception of the African Cup of Nations, which have been

Matt Hooper
Dec 20, 20251 min read


Sky Sports remains the exclusive home of the Masters Tournament, with more live coverage than ever before
Sky Sports and Augusta National Golf Club have today announced a new multi-year extension to their long-standing partnership, keeping Sky Sports and NOW as the exclusive home of the Masters Tournament in the UK and Ireland. The renewed agreement will see almost 20% more live coverage on Sky Sports across the week from Augusta National, including dedicated feeds from Amen Corner, Featured Groups, and Live on the Range. This follows the most comprehensive coverage of the Master

Sky Group
Dec 18, 20252 min read


The Oscars® revolutionary partnership with YouTube could give golf and sports bodies food for thought
THE ACADEMY PARTNERS WITH YOUTUBE FOR EXCLUSIVE GLOBAL RIGHTS TO THE OSCARS® AND OTHER ACADEMY CONTENT STARTING IN 2029 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts has today confirmed it has signed an exclusive worldwide deal with YouTube, which will see the iconic OSCARS ceremony broadcast and streamed exclusively worldwide on the platform and YouTube TV in the United States. The initial deal will run from 2029 to 2033, and whilst it is far from being the first major event to be broa

Matt Hooper
Dec 17, 20254 min read


Sky extends partnership with the Ladies European Tour for a landmark 30th year
Sky and the Ladies European Tour (LET) have announced an extension to their long-standing partnership meaning Sky Sports and NOW remain the exclusive home of the Tour, including the next three editions of the Solheim Cup, until the end of 2030. The new agreement takes the partnership into a landmark 30th year, where Sky will continue to be the exclusive broadcaster of all live coverage and extended highlights from the LET and Solheim Cup, including the 20th edition at Bernard

Sky Group
Dec 10, 20252 min read


Scheffler omission from BBC awards shows it is time for major sports broadcasters to set up a rival
World's greatest golfer not deemed worthy by Aunty Scottie Scheffler with the Wanamaker trophy / PGA of America Winner of The Open at Royal Portrush, Winner of The PGA Championship at Quail Hollow, World Number One, and winner of 4 other PGA TOUR events since May, Scottie Scheffler has had one of the great years of golf by any individual in recent decades. He has played 21 times in 2025, and finished in the top 10 on 18 occasions, earning 642 Official World Golf Ranking point

Matt Hooper
Dec 9, 20252 min read


Henni Zuel departs Sky for LIV Golf ahead of 2026 season
LIV Golf Signs Global Golf Presenter and Former Professional Golfer Henni Zuël To Its Broadcast Team in Advance of 2026 Season - head to the end of the press release for Matt's view on this announcement Former Ladies European Tour professional and acclaimed global commentator brings nearly two decades of competitive insight, international experience, and award-winning journalism to anchor pre-show coverage and deliver competition analysis across LIV Golf’s expanded global sc

Matt Hooper
Nov 18, 20255 min read


BBC secures Ryder Cup and DP World Tour highlights through 2029, but where's the live deal?
BBC and the DP World Tour have today announced an extension to their broadcast partnership through until 2029, with BBC to broadcast 90-minute daily highlights from the Ryder Cup in 2027 and 2029, as well as daily highlights from the Genesis Scottish Open, BMW PGA Championship and DP World Tour Championship. A BBC press release said: The Ryder Cup will be available on free to air platforms as BBC Sport secures TV highlights, audio commentary and digital clips on the BBC Sport

Matt Hooper
Sep 19, 20254 min read


Masters announce Prime Video as domestic broadcast partner from 2026 in potentially seismic moment for Golf broadcasting
It started with Tennis, then it was NFL, then it was Premier League football and the UEFA Champions League, now Amazon Prime Video will enter the world of golf for the very first time, and they will enter it in a big way. Augusta National Golf Club and Masters Tournament Chairman Fred Ridley has announced that Amazon Prime Video will broadcast 2 hours per day on Thursday and Friday at the 2026 Masters Tournament from 1pm-3pm Eastern Time. Prime Video will join ESPN and CBS Sp

Matt Hooper
Sep 16, 20253 min read


DP World Tour FAST Channel expands, is this the future for golf broadcasting?
The DP World Tour FAST channel is now available on Samsung TV, LG, Rakuten, Xiaomi and Vidaa platforms in the UK and Ireland, while it can now be viewed on Amazon Prime and Pluto in the UK, and this week it will provide featured group coverage of the BMW PGA Championship. On Thursday this includes the 08:35 group of Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood, and Billy Horschel, along with the 08:45 tee-time of Hideki Matsuyama, Ludvig Åberg, and Matt Fitzpatrick. Then on Friday at 08:35 t

Matt Hooper
Sep 9, 20252 min read


Sky secures USGA extension, but is it set to lose DP World Tour and Ryder Cup?
After a sensational season of USGA Championships across the men's, women's and amateur games, the USGA and Sky have today announced a new deal for Sky to be the broadcaster of all USGA Championships to the UK and Ireland audience until 2030. This extension takes the partnership between Sky and the USGA through 40 years, with Sky Sports first showing the US Open in 1991, as Payne Stewart defeated Scott Simpson at Hazeltine National. Sky and the United States Golf Association (

Matt Hooper
Aug 18, 20254 min read


Disney+ becomes the Home of UEFA Women's Champions League across Europe
UEFA via Getty Images Disney+ will be the home of the UEFA Women’s Champions League across Europe from next season, allowing fans to...

Disney
May 26, 20253 min read
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