Sky Sports has lost the rights to the US PGA Championship, which takes place
Joakim Nordstrom Authentic Jersey at Quail Hollow next month, in what marks an embarrassment to the broadcaster just days after it announced the launch of a dedicated golf channel. The PGA of America, which runs the tournament, confirmed that Sky’s deal – which had run for a decade – has not been renewed because a completely different media model is being pursued. While the details of that are unknown, there could still be an element of live broadcast, via another outlet. Sky has pitched itself as the home of television golf in the UK, owing to its live coverage of the PGA and European Tours. Last year, Sky became the live broadcaster of all four majors. “We had a good partnership with Sky but the 2017 US PGA Championship will not be on Sky,” said the PGA of America’s chief commercial officer, Jeff Price. “It was a multi-year deal that was up. Ultimately one of the key things for us is scale of distribution and obviously with all the new platforms that consumers are engaging with, we want to make sure we reach all of them.” Price’s comments intriguingly suggest a move away from the traditional television rights scene, a matter that will be of fascination to golf insiders. Social media will inevitably play a key part, with the possibility of a television highlights package also in the works. The forgotten story
http://www.officialkingsteamstore.com/Jonathan_Quick_Jerseyof … Seve, a hacker and Johnny Miller's 1976 Open Read more “Broad distribution, multi-platform distribution is the key objective for us,” he said. “I’m not in a position yet to share all the details but we want the ability to engage golf fans of all ages across all platforms. “We want the broadest distribution we can possibly have and are very excited about the plan we have in place.” Next week Sky will be the prime broadcaster of the Open for the second time. That switch from terrestrial television, which at the time meant Sky showed every major live in the UK, led to ferocious criticism of golf’s ruling body as the sport battles to attract fresh interest. Open viewing figures last year at Royal Troon were understandably far lower than when the competition was live on the BBCBen Currie marked his return after a long injury nightmare with the winning try as Warrington kept alive their faint hopes of a top-eight finish and spoiled Sean O’Loughlin’s 400th Wigan appearance. Last season’s Grand Finalists knew anything other than victory here would consign them to this summer’s Qualifiers, where they would face the Championship’s best sides in a battle to avoid relegation to the second tier. And while this victory may prove only temporary respite – a win for Huddersfield on Friday night would confirm their bottom-four place – this was a welcome victory for Tony Smith’s side. “He [Currie] was terrific, whether he scored or not,” Smith said of the forward, who had suffered
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