Sky Sports to stay home Dartsa by 2030 after dealing with PDC extended after unprecedented success | News Darts
Sky Sports will remain Dartsa’s home in the UK and Ireland by 2030 after Sky extended his partnership with Professional Darts Corporation.
The five-year extension to the partnership was announced on Tuesday after another record World Cup in Darts won by Littler Little, the period of cooperation between Sky and PDC for almost 40 years will take over.
The new job will include more than 60 days exclusively live coverage from the largest Darts tournaments, including the Darts World Championship, the Premier League, World Matchplay, Grand Slam from Darts, World Grand Prix and World Customer.
The announcement comes only two days before the start of the 2025 Premier League in Belfast, in which the teenage sensation of Littlel will begin the defense of his title.
Sky has been a long-term broadcast PDC partner since 1993 and has played an integral role in the growth and evolution of sports during this time.
Sky Sports Director Jonathan Licht said: “The incredible growth of viewers in Darts on Sky Sports over the last 12 months shows how much nation loves this sport. The extraordinary story of last year’s World Cup has helped to welcome a new younger audience in sports and bring an increased excitement for fans.
“After another successful tournament, it seems that there is no better time to expand our long -standing partnership with PDC to stay home of this unique great sport. We are excited to keep innovations to tell stories and bring fans closer to the action through our non -existence covering the biggest the Darts tournament in the next five years. “
Watching reached new heights last year when a record audience of over 4.8 million people was adapted to watching the 2013/24 World Championships finals, while Luke Humphriers beat the then 16-year-old Littler, with a peak of 3.71 million, the highest, the highest, the highest, the highest no-none-nogeball top on Sky Sports.
Darts Mania did not stop there because the interest of the fans was held throughout the year; Since Sky also watched the record numbers for the Premier League 2024, with the top 15 nights that all arrived from last year’s tournament, while the average audience for the 2024/25 World Cup increased by 29 percent of the year The final defeated Michael Van Gerwen.
This growth also prevailed on social networks, with 8.2 million views of the Sky Sports Darts YouTube channel throughout the 2024/25 World Cup, which is an increase of 78 percent in the relationship, finally 128 percent.
PDC Executive Director Matt Porter said: “Sky Sports is on our side for over 30 years and we are excited to expand our partnership in the next five years while experiencing growth in globally level. Sport, and record -wing data and a lasting interest that Sky has achieved over the past year are a reflection of currently unprecedented PDC events.
“We are determined to continue this growth in the coming years and it is extremely important to us that Sky works with us to help provide more exciting tournaments for players, fans and spectators.”
In the last 18 months, Sky has conceived his sport of sports, providing the rights to key sports by the end of the decade, including the Premier League, the Women’s Super League, ATP and WTA Tours, the NBA and ICC Crita.
Since Darts joins the team, as well as the award-winning coverage of Formula 1, over 1,000 EFL Games, every Golf Major, NFL, England Netball, Super League, Boxing, Sky Sports Customers can enjoy a greater security than ever before.
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