This article refers to sports broadcasting contracts in the United Kingdom. For a list of sports broadcasting rights in other countries, see Sports television broadcast contracts.
Certain sporting events are protected by the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events and must be broadcast live and free-to-air on terrestrial television in the UK.
NB: Rights currently held by ESPN (UK) will be transferred to BT Sport from 31/07/2012 BT are launching BT Sport 1 and BT Sport 2 in August 2013 but will keep a channel branded as ESPN.
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