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BBC Loses Rights to Major Annual Sporting Event - Liverpool Echo

Channel 4 will broadcast The Boat Race from 2026, following record viewership including 2.18 million for the women's race, the most-watched female sporting event in 2025.

Summary by Liverpool Echo
Channel 4 has signed a new five-year deal to show the event

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BBC loses rights to major annual sporting event - Liverpool Echo

Channel 4 has signed a new five-year deal to show the event

·Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Daily ExpressDaily Express
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BBC loses broadcasting rights to British sporting event after nearly 100 years

The BBC has lost the broadcasting rights to an iconic event now set to be shown on a rival TV channel.

·United Kingdom
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Wales OnlineWales Online
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BBC lose rights to iconic sporting event broadcast since 1938 in major blow

The annual Boat Race between Oxford University and Cambridge University on the River Thames is one of Britain's most historic sporting events, first taking place in 1829

·Wales, United Kingdom
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Wales Online broke the news in Wales, United Kingdom on Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
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