Sport

PMA Sport

Full-time Fletch... on the start of the Champions League

15-Sep-2015 By Darren Fletcher

BT Sport commentator and host of football show Fletch & Sav, Darren Fletcher examines the prospects of the English teams in this year’s Champions League

Competition

Reader competition: Win Champions League tickets!

15-Sep-2015 By Mike Berry

PMA readers can win a pair of Champions League tickets in our exclusive competition, courtesy of BT Sport.

Sport

Rugby World Cup: New BBPA guidance for pubs

15-Sep-2015 By Mike Berry

Just days before the big World Cup kick-off, the BBPA has produced a new guidance booklet for pubs to help ensure that the matches are a success for licensees and rugby fans alike.

TV Rights

Sky Sports bags cricket rights for Bangladesh series

10-Sep-2015 By Oli Gross

Sky Sports has secured the rights to England’s tour to Bangladesh in 2016, meaning the broadcaster will air all of England’s matches for the next two years.

SkySports

Licensees face "unlimited fine" for illegal broadcasting

09-Sep-2015 By Oli Gross

Licensees have been warned about the potentially “unlimited fine” they may face for airing sport illegally after two publicans were fined a combined £11,152.

Sky Sports

Are you making the most of international football this month?

07-Sep-2015 By Sky Sports

International football takes over this month, and with all the home nations plus Republic of Ireland in with a good chance of making Euro 2016, make sure you fire your pub into profit.

PMA Sport

Full-time Fletch - 3 September

04-Sep-2015 By Darren Fletcher

BT Sport commentator and host of football show Fletch & Sav, Darren Fletcher speaks exclusively to the PMA to reflect on the start of the Premier League season.

Copyright

Licensee hit with £6,000 fine for Sky copyright breaches

01-Sep-2015 By Mike Berry

An Aylesbury pub licensee has been ordered to pay more than £6,000 for illegal Sky use.

Rugby World Cup

Controversial plans to close pubs early during Rugby World Cup scrapped

26-Aug-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Pubs in Twickenham are celebrating after the council, police and tournament organisers agreed to a more flexible licensing approach during this year’s Rugby World Cup.

Cricket TV rights

BT Sport bags rights for The Ashes down under

24-Aug-2015 By Oli Gross

BT Sport will air England’s defence of the Ashes in Australia in 2017/18 after winning a five-year rights deal.

Live football

Illegal suppliers of Premier League football jailed

21-Aug-2015 By Oli Gross

The owners of a company which supplied illegal Premier League football to pubs have been jailed for three and a half years.

Paranoid? You really ought to be in this trade

20-Aug-2015 By Ed Bedington

You’re not paranoid if they actually are out to get you, and if you’re in the pub trade at the moment, you could be forgiven for being a little paranoid.

Twickenham

Exclusive: Fuller's defies early Rugby World Cup pub closure

18-Aug-2015 By Oli Gross

Fuller’s is set to defy police and council requests to close pubs to fans at 10pm during the Rugby World Cup next month.

Rugby World Cup

Closing pubs early for Rugby World Cup matches described as 'Orwellian'

17-Aug-2015 By Oli Gross

Rugby fans may not be allowed into pubs near Twickenham Stadium after 10pm during next month’s World Cup.

TV Sport

1,000 pubs sign up for Screach TV service

12-Aug-2015 By Mike Berry

One thousand pubs have signed up to the Screach communication service that comes with BT Sport.

BT SPORT

Fantasy football: Are you ready for the Pub League?

07-Aug-2015 By PMA

The PMA has created a special pub-focused team for the battle of the licensees on the PMA's exclusive BT Sport pub league on the official Premier League fantasy football site.

TV Sport

Pubs' anger over illegal TV sport broadcasts

06-Aug-2015 By Mike Berry

More than half of licensees would shop a pub in their local area if they were screening live sport illegally, a new survey has revealed.

PMA Sport

Full Time Fletch 06 August

06-Aug-2015 By Darren Fletcher

BT Sport commentator and host of Saturday morning football show Fletch & Sav, Darren Fletcher speaks exclusively to the PMA ahead of the new season and opening match Manchester Utd v Tottenham Hotspur.

Tv Sport

Sky Sports agrees new La Liga deal

05-Aug-2015 By Mike Berry

Sky Sports will remain the home of Spanish top-flight football for another three seasons.

Making the Most of Sport - in association with Sky

Rugby World Cup: It’s a scrum for the bar

04-Aug-2015 By Mike Berry

The Rugby World Cup is heading to England next month, and fans of the home nations are all optimistic of their team’s chances, and optimism among fans of any sport is usually good news for pubs

TV Sport

Sky Sports adds huge derbies to autumn football schedule

31-Jul-2015 By Mike Berry

Sky Sports has added three of the biggest derbies in English football to its live football schedule this autumn.

TV Sport

Q&A: Sky Sports' Jamie Carragher on the new Premier League season

30-Jul-2015 By Sky Sports Preview Magazine

Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher looks ahead to the new Premier League campaign, kicking-off on 8 August.

PMA Sport

Full Time Fletch

22-Jul-2015 By Darren Fletcher

The new season is almost upon us and it’s been fascinating to see the big club’s transfer business in the run up to kick-off.

PMA Sport

Fantasy football - Join the Pub League

22-Jul-2015 By PMA Sport

Join the BT Sport & PMA Pub League on the official Fantasy Football site and win a £5k pub makeover.

Football

Free pack to attract football fans offered by Sky Sports

15-Jul-2015 By Oli Gross

Licensees airing Sky Sports can kick-off the new football season with a free pack to attract customers to their pub.

Charity

Butchers Arms serves up victory in LTC golf heat

13-Jul-2015 By Mike Berry

The Butchers Arms from King’s Sutton in Banbury were the latest winners of the latest round of the Licensed Trade Charity 2015 Golf Tournament.

10 of the top matches in Aug-Sept

10-Jul-2015 By Sky

There’s less than a month to go until the football season’s back — and the fixtures have been kind to pubs, with some massive games through August and September.

Sky and BT Sport announce football fixtures

03-Jul-2015 By Oli Gross

Sky Sports and BT Sport have announced the live football matches licensees can air at pubs in August and September.

Making the Most of Sport - in association with Sky

Domestic bliss: The return of football

02-Jul-2015 By Mike Berry

As last season’s memories fade, it’s heartening to know that next season is just round the corner, so publicans must start planning for it now.

Chance to see the Webb Ellis Cup at your local

01-Jul-2015 By Oli Gross

Rugby fans will have the chance to see the Webb Ellis Cup in their local pub as part of Heineken’s Rugby World Cup campaign.

TV Sport

Sky reveals first fixtures ahead of biggest ever Football League season

01-Jul-2015 By Mike Berry

Sky Sports will kick off its biggest ever season of Sky Bet Football League action with three live matches across the opening weekend.

Brand news

Carling puts £3.6m into football promotion

26-Jun-2015 By Laurie Macdonald

Carling has launched a £3.6m promotion running in both the on and off-trade.

TV Sport

Tom Kerridge on why food and sport are a match made in heaven

17-Jun-2015 By Sky Sports Preview Magazine

When it comes to matching food, drink and live sport successfully, the Coach – run by Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge – covers all the bases.

What does BT Sport's new European football deal mean for pubs?

11-Jun-2015 By Mike Berry

If showing live football is an important part of your customer offer then the landscape is changing ahead of next season as all matches from Europe’s elite club competition – the Champions League - will now be shown on BT Sport – and nowhere else.

Sport

BT Sport unveils expanded football deal

09-Jun-2015 By Oli Gross

BT Sport has unveiled a deal for pubs to show up to 223 live Champions League and Europa League midweek matches, and more than double the number of games involving Premier League teams as last season.

Enterprise plans 'mini stadium' pub atmosphere for Rugby World Cup

08-Jun-2015 By Oli Gross

Enterprise is supporting its licensees to turn their pubs into ‘mini-stadiums’ to drive customer involvement during the Rugby World Cup.

Making the Most of Sport - in association with Sky

English cricket: Rising from the flames

05-Jun-2015 By Mike Berry

It’s set to be a scorching summer of cricket, with the five match Ashes series starting next month. Make sure your pub is the pavillion of choice for fans.

Copyright

Six more pubs ordered to pay for Premier League copyright breaches

04-Jun-2015 By Mike Berry

Six more pubs across the country have been ordered to pay a total of £55,000 in costs for breaching Premier League copyright as the number of High Court actions against pubs showing unauthorised football tops 350.

Football

What impact would the European nations boycotting the World Cup have on pubs?

29-May-2015 By Helen Gilbert

Publicans have expressed concern that pubs will lose business if international football teams across Europe boycott the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Charity

LTC golf tournament tees off

28-May-2015 By Mike Berry

An exciting golf tournament for pubs and breweries has teed off, giving breweries, publicans and their customers the chance to play at fantastic courses across the country.

TV Sport

Sky announces price freeze and new pub digital promotion service

27-May-2015 By Mike Berry

Sky has announced a price freeze for pubs for the year ahead – the fourth freeze in five years.

Leigh pub operator hit with £14,700 fine for showing Sky Sports from Irish system

22-May-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

A Lancashire pub operator has been convicted and fined for using a Sky system from the Republic of Ireland to show Sky Sports illegally in the premises.

Sky extends exclusive boxing deal

22-May-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

Sky Sports is to show up to 120 nights of live boxing over the next six years after agreeing to extend its exclusive coverage deal with Matchroom Sport until 2021.

Sport

Big Interview: Bruce Cuthbert, BT Sport director, commercial customers

21-May-2015 By Mike Berry

Just two years on from launch, BT Sport has secured exclusive rights to football’s top European competitions. Mike Berry finds out how the company will make the case for pubs to switch on to its service.

Copyright

Pubs ordered to pay £19,500 for Premier League copyright breaches

18-May-2015 By Mike Berry

Three English pubs have been ordered by the High Court to pay costs totalling £19,500 for illegally screening Premier League football.

Licensee hit with £7k fine for illegal Sky Sports coverage

13-May-2015 By Emily Sutherland

A Cheshire licensee is facing a fine of over £7,000 after showing Sky Sports illegally in his premises.

What does the new Premier League TV deal mean for pubs?

12-May-2015 By Mike Berry

The price for the privilege of broadcasting Premier League football has rocketed in recent years and last week hit an incredible £5.1bn for the three seasons from 2016. Sky and BT will between them show 168 live games with both expressing delight at the...