Sky Expecting To Hold Off Netflix For Exclusive Us Open Golf Coverage

Sky Sports is successful precocious talks complete signing a caller six-year woody for exclusive UK unrecorded authorities for golf’s US Open.

Sky’s existent statement expires aft adjacent year’s Championship astatine Shinnecock Hills and it is expecting to hit disconnected title from different broadcasters, including Netflix, to unafraid an extension.

The caller woody will cement Sky’s position arsenic nan location of televised play successful nan UK, arsenic it presently has nan authorities for each nan men’s and women’s majors, nan Ryder Cup, PGA Tour and DP World Tour. The PGA Tour woody besides expires adjacent year, and Sky is expected to activity an extension.

Sources progressive successful nan tender process said that Netflix besides made a reliable offer, which reflects its increasing liking successful securing sports content.

Another root said that Netflix viewed nan US Open arsenic fitting its sports exemplary of bidding for standalone events it feels will pull caller subscribers, alternatively than attempting to return connected accepted broadcast companies successful nan conflict for year-round contented from leagues and world tours. It antecedently collaborated pinch nan US PGA connected nan documentary Full Swing, which ran for 3 series.

Netflix is becoming a important subordinate successful nan conflict for sports contented and earlier this twelvemonth secured exclusive US authorities for nan 2027 and 2031 women’s World Cup, while it besides has a three-year statement pinch nan NFL to broadcast 2 matches unrecorded connected Christmas Day from 2024 to 2026.

Netflix progressively views sports arsenic a cardinal portion of its intermezo offering pursuing nan immense occurrence of nan arguable Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight it broadcast past year, which was watched successful 65m households successful nan US alone, pinch 50m households streaming nan different main conflict connected nan paper betwixt Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano.

In January Netflix announced a 10-year woody pinch World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) worthy $5bn (£3.68bn) to broadcast nan deed wrestling show Raw. Having enjoyed a awesome deed pinch Drive to Survive Netflix is besides understood to beryllium bidding for US Formula 1 authorities from adjacent year.

Sky has nan UK F1 authorities secured until 2029, and will activity an hold erstwhile nan tender process takes place.

Sky declined to comment.