The Glaswegian #7: Commonwealth Games chief claims happy with UK broadcast deal, even though visibility reduced to practically zero

There is no guarantee that the event will return to terrestrial television in Britain after Glasgow 2026, despite record free-to-air viewing figures in Australia, New Zealand and Canada

Television coverage of the Commonwealth Games in the United Kingdom may remain behind a paywall after Glasgow 2026.

The decision to award the broadcast rights to Warner Bros. Discovery, owners of subscription channel TNT Sports, at the expense of the BBC, who had shown every Commonwealth Games since Vancouver 1954, has severely damaged the visibility of …