BBC, World Snooker Tour extend broadcast deal
January 20, 2025
By Nik Roseveare
BBC Sport and World Snooker Tour have agreed an extension to their broadcast agreement to 2032. The new deal is a five-year extension to the current agreement, ensuring that the Triple Crown remains free-to-air for snooker fans across the UK.
BBC Sport will continue to provide live TV and iPlayer coverage of Snooker’s three biggest tournaments: the World Championship, UK Championship and the Masters.
The 2025 Masters was won by Shaun Murphy on January 19th as he bested world champion Kyren Wilson 10-7 to secure his second Masters title at Alexandra Palace. Next up is the World Championship in Sheffield in April, followed by the UK Championship in York in November.
In 2024, BBC Sport’s coverage of the Triple Crown events had 33.9 million streams across BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website and over 16 million tuning in on TV.
Alex Kay-Jelski, Director of BBC Sport, commented: “Snooker has been a cornerstone of BBC Sport programming since 1969, and extending our partnership with World Snooker until 2032 is fantastic news for the audience. It ensures the drama, intensity and excitement of the Triple Crown events remains free-to-air and we look forward to many more years of iconic sporting moments.”
WST Chairman, Steve Dawson, said: “For more than 50 years we have had an outstanding relationship with BBC and their coverage of the Triple Crown is a fundamental part of those three events. So many millions of fans love watching snooker on BBC and it has always been vital to us to keep the biggest tournaments free to air.”
WST Chief Commercial, Peter Wright, added: “The broadcast figures are extremely strong this week at the Masters which highlights the enduring appeal of snooker and the drama it produces year after year. We look forward to many more years working alongside the BBC, delivering world class sport to a vast audience.”