FANS of snooker and darts person been fixed a boost with a caller broadcasting woody for the sports.
The woody volition spot events from some sports shown unrecorded connected free-to-air TV successful the UK adjacent year.
ITV volition erstwhile again broadcast events aft agreeing a one-year hold with Matchroom.
A big of tournaments crossed the 2 sports volition present proceed to beryllium shown successful 2025 crossed ITV and ITVX.
The World Snooker Tour's Champion of Champions, Players Championship and Tour Championship volition proceed to beryllium available.
As volition the British Open, with this year's edition presently being broadcast unrecorded by ITV.
Meanwhile, the Professional Darts Corporation's Masters, UK Open, European Championship and Players Championship volition erstwhile again beryllium shown unrecorded by ITV.
They volition besides proceed their sum of the World Series of Darts, with astatine slightest 7 planetary events and the Finals, which were recently won by Luke Littler.
The hold follows the enlargement of the Masters from 24 to 32 players up of adjacent year.
As a result, darts fans volition beryllium capable to instrumentality successful an other league from the lawsuit astatine the Marshall Arena successful Milton Keynes.
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Stephen Bunting volition beryllium defending his rubric successful January 2025 aft beating Michael van Gerwen successful this year's final.
In a statement, ITV manager of athletics Niall Sloane explained: "We are delighted to widen our concern with Matchroom, and proceed to bring free-to-air sum to darts and snooker fans connected ITV and ITVX.
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Events to beryllium shown connected ITV
Snooker:
- British Open
- Champion of Champions
- Players Championship
- Tour Championship
Darts:
- The Masters
- UK Open
- European Championship
- Players Championship Finals
- At slightest 7 World Series of Darts planetary events
- World Series of Darts Finals
"The woody includes The Masters arsenic it enters an breathtaking enlargement of its tourney alongside the existing big-name events our viewers bask annually."
WST main selling and communications serviceman Tom Rowell added: "This is fantastic quality for snooker fans arsenic they volition proceed to beryllium capable to ticker the sport's biggest names crossed a scope of prestigious events implicit the 2024/25 season, connected free-to-air ITV platforms.
"We look guardant to moving with ITV's outstanding team, starting astatine this week's British Open successful Cheltenham."
Meanwhile, Matt Porter, main enforcement of the PDC, said: "ITV person been a valued spouse of the PDC for implicit 15 years and person broadcast galore iconic moments during that clip – and with truthful overmuch excitement astir the athletics astatine the infinitesimal we’re looking guardant to a thrilling 2025."
Ultimate sports presenters affluent list
TV sports presenters marque a mint.
The biggest and champion are signed up connected yearly deals with the likes of the BBC, ITV and Sky for your viewing pleasure.
Laura Woods is dominating the media scenery astatine the moment, starring TNT Sports' sum and ITV's.
Alex Scott and Jermaine Jenas are 2 of the fresher faces for the BBC's sporting output.
Then, it's the aged defender of Gary Lineker and Mark Chapman who besides bid hefty fees for their Match of the Day programmes.
SunSport has taken a look astatine however those large names fertile and compiled a database of the apical 10 highest earning stars that grace our TV screens.
With fig 1 worthy a whopping £29.4million much than fig 10!
Read the communicative and spot the afloat database here.