17-Jul-2009 By John Harrington
Scottish Premier League (SPL) games are to be available on the Sky Ultimate package after Sky and ESPN won broadcast rights for the next five seasons.
Sky and ESPN strike £65m deal to secure Scottish football rights
17-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore
Sky and ESPN have secured the rights to Scottish Clydesdale Bank Premier League football for the next five seasons for £65m. The Scottish Premier...
Sky holds prices for new season
14-Jul-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Sky has announced that it will not be putting up prices for its commercial packages for the start of the new football season. The company will...
13-Jul-2009 By John Harrington
But the cost of screening horse racing via At the Races is to rise by 50%, the broadcaster says.
Lucky 13 for winning pub at golf event
10-Jul-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
After 13 years of trying Coventry's Corner Post pub team has finally triumphed in The Publican Pub Golf Tournament. The team, representing the...
Chelsea and Hull first up on Sky
09-Jul-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Details of the first Premier League games to be broadcast by Sky next season have been released. The first fixture on Saturday August 15 will see...
Watchdog investigates premium TV sports
26-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Broadcast watchdog OFCOM wants Sky to share its premium sports services with other channels to give consumers more choice. The plans - which...
26-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
Media watchdog Ofcom is to open talks with the FA Premier League over the distribution of TV rights as part of its investigation into the pay-TV...
23-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
US-based broadcaster ESPN snaps up Premier League football rights from Setanta but things unlikely to change for pubs.
'ESPN eyes entry into English soccer with Setanta rights'
17-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore
ESPN, the US sports cable channel owned by Walt Disney, will bid for the Premier League rights held by Setanta in the event that the struggling media...
15-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
Pubs could benefit from the sale of some Premier League football rights for next season if Setanta fails to pay up. The embattled broadcaster holds...
Inn England: putting pubs on the map - includes video
11-Jun-2009
What are the first things that tourists want to visit when they come to this country?Sure - Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Stonehenge …but right up...
Tennis ace Rusedski to help Ember Inns' campaign
12-May-2009
Ember Inns has launched its annual Drink Pink campaign in a bid to raise £50,000 for charity Against Breast Cancer.The four week campaign will be...
Your chance to be named Pepsi Cricket Pub 2009
01-May-2009
The ICC World Twenty20 presents a huge opportunity to attract customers. It's going to be the biggest sporting event of the summer and Pepsi can help...
01-May-2009 By John Harrington
The Government will be urged by an influential committee to re-think the policy of having all football World Cup matches free-to-air. That's the...
15-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
The finalists in the search for the Bombardier Champion of England have been announced. Nominations for the national award, run by Wells Bombardier,...
Have your say in TV sport debate
14-Apr-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Sports keen licensees are being urged to have their voices heard in a debate about the future of major sporting events on terrestrial TV. A...
03-Apr-2009 By John Grogan
As the summer fast approaches the temperature in the simmering debate about televised sport in pubs is about to rise, says John Grogan.
Minister to speak with Sky about charges
27-Mar-2009 By James Wilmore
A government minister has told Parliament he will speak to Sky and Setanta about help they can offer small pubs, which struggle to afford the...
Whyte and Mackay darts: terms and conditions
09-Feb-2009 By MA reporter
These terms and conditions apply to the Whyte and Mackay darts competition. All references to 'our', 'us', 'we' or 'company' within this policy are...
Brains launches ale to celebrate the start of Six Nations
06-Feb-2009
Welsh brewer Brains has announced the return of cask ale Bread of Heaven to celebrate the start of the Six Nations rugby tournament.The specialist...
05-Feb-2009 By John Harrington
The trade is urged to speak out to make more sport free-to-air in pubs, by All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group chairman John Grogan.
04-Feb-2009 By MA reporter
The Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts kicked-off on the 5th February and will be live on Sky every Thursday night until the end of May. Darts...
27-Jan-2009 By John Harrington
The leader of Westminster City Council has warned that irresponsible pubs will be shut as the 2012 Olympics approaches. Cllr Colin Barrow also said...
'One in four pubs pull out of Sky deals'
14-Jan-2009
According to the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR), a quarter of UK pubs have cancelled their Sky subscription. Sky generates an...
Tim the Teapot is the People's Darts champ
12-Jan-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Tim 'The Teapot' Jones triumphed in the final at the inaugural Publican-backed John Smith's People's Darts championship. The player, representing the...
Darts tournament reaches climax
09-Jan-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The Publican-backed John Smith's People's Darts Championship is set for a thrilling finish with the final stages being held this week. Players...
09-Dec-2008 By Ewan Turney
The traditional pub sign has been voted as the most iconic image of England in a poll conducted by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE).
Darts tournament reaches final stages
03-Dec-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Darts star Bobby George was on hand to present Lee Williams with a £1,000 cheque for charity after he won the Southern England regional final of the...
07-Nov-2008 By MA Reporter
UEFA and broadcasters including Sky and Setanta have asked the High Court for permission to give evidence in the landmark foreign satellite case set...
24-Oct-2008 By Andrew Pring
Pubs taking Sky are paying 463% more for subscriptions than in 1996, according to the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR), which this...
Englands finest
30-Sep-2008
Nestling in the back lanes of Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, the Royal Standard of England is the epitome of an old English pub. It claims to be the...
30-Sep-2008 By Ewan Turney
Sky should be forced to offer its premium content, including Premier League football, to its rivals at regulated wholesale prices. That is the view...
25-Sep-2008 By John Harrington
Two licensees have had prosecutions for screening Premiership football via North African channel ART put on hold until Murphy appeal.
'Pubs must sell 25,000 extra pints to pay for Sky'
22-Sep-2008 By James Wilmore
Sky has come under fresh attack over research claiming some pubs have to sell 25,000 extra pints over the football season to cover the cost of a...
22-Sep-2008 By Ewan Turney
Multiple operators have to sell around 25,000 extra pints over the course of a season to cover the cost of a Sky subscription. The Association of...
18-Sep-2008 By Tony Halstead
Thousands of pubs were caught up in a soccer-TV black-out of England's vital World Cup qualifying matches following satellite channel Setanta's capture of exclusive rights.
My Shout: Murdoch's TV sport grip may weaken
29-Aug-2008 By John Grogan
A glorious summer of sport has almost ended — and soon there will be an autumn chill in the air.
18-Aug-2008 By Ewan Turney
Around 20% of multiple operators have ditched Sky since 2003 as the average subscription price reaches £15,000 a year, according to the Association...
18-Aug-2008 By Ewan Turney
Sky Sports has extended its rights to screen domestic and international cricket to include the period 2010 to 2013 in England and Wales.
Win chance to play darts at the Lakeside
15-Aug-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Any amateur darts player will have dreamed of stepping onto the oché and throwing for a double in front of a packed house. And now thanks to the...
'Zero hour for Setanta'
13-Aug-2008
As the opening day of the Premier League season looms, pay-TV broadcaster Setanta is being warned that this season will be "make or break" for its...
04-Aug-2008 By Paul Collins
Sky Sports has won the rights to show the inaugural Stanford 20/20 for 20 cricket match in the autumn as well extending its deal for Heineken Cup rugby.
Football fan picks-up perfect prize
28-Jul-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
A football fan will be watching his team from a prime position next season and all thanks to drinking his favourite beer. David Pickup has become the...
Olympics Preview: On your marks!
25-Jul-2008
The Olympics. Arguably the world's most political non-political event. In just two weeks the flags will be waving at the opening ceremony, and for...
17-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney
The Premier League will have to drop foreign satellite prosecutions if the European Court of Justice rules no geographical restrictions apply to their use but Premier League vows prosecutions will continue.
Football Preview: Sky making it a rich man's game
17-Jul-2008
Like sir Alex Ferguson moaning at the ref and sports journalists bemoaning the scarcity of English talent, licensees' anger at Sky's prices come the...
Sky-high prices
17-Jul-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Licensees have slammed Sky's latest deals on sports packages for 'giving with one hand and taking away with the other'. Last week The Publican...
ALMR slams Sky's latest 'price freeze'
17-Jul-2008 By Paul Collins
Sky TV in pubs now costs £1,000+ a month
Football Preview: Fantasy footfall
16-Jul-2008
The inspired Skinner and Baddiel TV show Fantasy Football League may not be on telly any more but that hasn't stopped the game around which the...
