BBC make major broadcast announcement live on air during Masters final and snooker fans will love it

THE BBC person announced they person agreed a woody to amusement Triple Crown snooker events until 2032.

Presenter Hazel Irvine made the announcement during The Masters last astatine Ally Pally.

The Masters is 1 3rd of the Triple Crown on with the UK Championship and the World Snooker Championship.

The BBC has broadcast snooker since 1969 and the five-year statement means it volition stay free-to-air for fans.

Last year, BBC Sport’s sum of the Triple Crown events had 33.9 cardinal streams crossed BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website and implicit 16m tuning successful connected TV.

Announcing the news, Hazell during the Masters final: "We are perfectly thrilled to denote that the BBC has extended its declaration for broadcast rights to the Triple Crown events with World Snooker until 2032 which is fantastic news.

"It does mean you volition beryllium capable to spot these superb and melodramatic events connected terrestrial television, free-to-air astatine the UK Championship, Masters Championship and World Championship for different 5 years."

Asked astir 1 of the longest-standing sports broadcasting partnerships, Stephen Hendry said: "It's fantastic news. I grew up watching snooker astatine the opening of the BBC and to spot it transportation connected and connected is fantastic quality for fans who emotion to ticker snooker."

Steve Davis added: "It is fantastic news, it shows you however fashionable it is successful the UK.

"But I deliberation 1 of the reasons besides is however fashionable it is worldwide now.

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"This is simply a unthinkable athletics and who is to accidental 1 time it won't marque the Olympics."

Alex Kay-Jelski, Director of BBC Sport said: "Snooker has been a cornerstone of BBC Sport programming since 1969, and extending our concern with World Snooker until 2032 is fantastic quality for the audience.

"It ensures the drama, strength and excitement of the Triple Crown events remains free-to-air and we look guardant to galore much years of iconic sporting moments.”