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TNT Sports deal for Grand Tour highlights partially true

“5 have picked up free-to-air highlights rights for the Cycling Grand Tours including the Tour de France after a deal with TNT Sports. Deal will last until 2028.”
Partially true
Confidence: High Checked on June 17, 2026

Summary

Channel 5 has indeed acquired free‑to‑air highlights rights for the Tour de France, Vuelta a España and Giro d’Italia through a deal with TNT Sports. The highlights for the Tour and Vuelta run until 2028, but the Giro agreement extends to 2029, so the claim that the deal lasts until 2028 is only correct for two of the three Grand Tours.

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bbc.com
  • Champions League: Keir Starmer urges TNT Sports to make final free-to-air - BBC Sport

    From 2027-28, TNT Sports will lose its European rights. Paramount+ has picked up the Champions League, while the Europa League and the Conference League will move to Sky Sports. Highlights of the Champions League final will be available on the BBC Sport website and across social media channels 15 minutes after the trophy lift, and on BBC iPlayer and television later in the evening. Live commentary on all three finals will be on BBC Radio 5 Live.

  • Champions League final: How to watch and why it isn't free to air - BBC Sport

    Highlights of the Champions League final will be available on the BBC Sport website and across social media channels 15 minutes after the trophy lift, and on BBC iPlayer and television later in the evening. Live commentary will also be on BBC Radio 5 Live. The Champions League final had been free on ITV each year from 1993 - with the exception of the 1994 final, which the BBC showed live - until BT Sport won the rights, starting from 2015-16.

en.wikipedia.org
  • 5 (British TV channel) programming - Wikipedia

    Cricket on 5 ended in September 2019 with the conclusion of the 2019 Ashes, BBC Sport won the rights to be the Free to Air partner for ECB Cricket from 2020 to 2024 covering all England Men & Women's Tests, ODI & T20 highlights as well as selected live T20 England International matches and ...

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