{"id":655101,"date":"2026-05-07T08:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T08:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/655101\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T08:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T08:16:11","slug":"sky-tv-extends-formula-1-rights-deal-in-uk-and-ireland-to-2034","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/655101\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky TV extends Formula 1 rights deal in UK and Ireland to 2034"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sky Sports will remain the exclusive live broadcaster of Formula 1 in the UK and Ireland until 2034 after agreeing a 5 year extension to its rights deal.<\/p>\n

The agreement means Sky Sports F1 and streaming service NOW will continue to show every practice session, qualifying, Sprint and Grand Prix live. Highlights of every race and live coverage of home nation Grands Prix will remain available free to air.<\/p>\n

The deal also includes Formula 2, Formula 3, F1 Academy and Porsche Supercup coverage. Formula 1 also confirmed Sky Italia will continue to broadcast the sport in Italy until 2032.<\/p>\n

Formula 1 president Stefano Domenicali said<\/a>: \u201cSky has always been a dedicated, trusted and passionate partner since we began our relationship many years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir world leading approach to live broadcasting, content creation, behind the scenes analysis led by a truly amazing group of on screen talent has made the difference in continuing to grow our sport in the UK, Ireland and Italy and I am delighted we will be taking our partnership into the next decade.\u201d<\/p>\n

The renewal follows a record 2025 season for Sky Sports, when Lando Norris won the Drivers\u2019 Championship for McLaren.<\/p>\n

Sky said total viewing has increased by 90%, with under 35s up 120%, while female viewership has more than doubled. Between 2023 and 2025<\/a>, viewing rose by 14%, with the 2025 season delivering 162m viewer hours.Added value to Formula 1 coverage\"verstappen<\/p>\n

Sky group chief executive Dana Strong said: \u201cWe\u2019re proud of the role we\u2019ve played in supporting the sport\u2019s growth through world class storytelling, innovation and long term investment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new agreement secures Sky as the home of Formula 1 for years to come, as the sport enters an exciting era with more British talent on the grid and rising stars like Kimi Antonelli. I want to thank Stefano and the F1 team for our continued partnership, which we\u2019re excited to build on in the years ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martin Brundle, who joined Sky\u2019s Formula 1 coverage in 2012, said the broadcaster\u2019s role remains to take viewers closer to the paddock.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have the most amazing team of creative people and every time the green light is on at the end of the pit lane, we\u2019re always live,\u201d Brundle said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, we don\u2019t miss anything in Formula 1, and I think that is a big responsibility. Sky has been very good to Formula 1 and Formula 1 has been very good to Sky.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brundle added: \u201cThe bottom line is that what\u2019s most important is the audience, the subscribers, the people who tune in. They\u2019ve got to trust us, they\u2019ve got to believe in us, we\u2019ve got to tell them the story as we see it, as it unfolds, whether they like what we say or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

Formula 1 next heads to Montreal for the Canadian Grand Prix from 22 to 24 May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sky Sports will remain the exclusive live broadcaster of Formula 1 in the UK and Ireland until 2034…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,35119,309867,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-655101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-f1-news","tag-f1-tv","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}