Darts on Television

One of the most frequently asked questions we receive is about when and where PDC darts are shown on TV.

The current 2016 Betway Premier League is being shown live through the following broadcasters:
Sky Sports - UK & Ireland
RTL7 - Netherlands
Sport1 - Germany
Fox Sports - Australia
Sky - New Zealand
Nova - Czech Republic & Slovakia
Pragosport - Hungary
Viasat - Norway, Denmark, Bulgaria & Baltic States
OSN - Middle East & North Africa
Fox Sports - Africa

Many of the PDC's major televised ranking tournaments, headed by the William Hill World Championship and Betway Premier League, are shown live across the UK and Europe on Sky Sports HD.

The other televised major tournaments on Sky Sports during 2016 will be the World Cup of Darts, BetVictor World Matchplay, the World Grand Prix and the SINGHA Beer Grand Slam of Darts.

PDC tournaments are also broadcast live on ITV4, who will screen in 2016 the Unibet Masters, Coral UK Open, Unibet European Championship, Cash Converters Players Championship Finals and the six worldwide World Series of Darts events ahead of the World Series of Darts finals.

The introduction of the World Series of Darts in 2013 saw the saw the Dubai Darts Masters and Sydney Darts Masters aired worldwide through a new concept of taking the world's leading players around the globe to spread televisied professional darts into new territories, with tournaments also taking place in 2016 in Auckland, Shanghai, Tokyo and Perth.

A new deal between the PDC and the BBC will see the inaugural Champions League of Darts take place in 2016.

All major televised PDC events have highlights available in LIVEPDC.TV for all subscribers worldwide and LIVE coverage available for International Pass subscribers based outside of the UK, Ireland and Holland.

The rights to the major televised tournaments are also sold on to a number of countries across the globe whose audiences then get to enjoy the very best the sport has to offer.

Nations including Japan, China, South Africa, Italy, Hungary and Singapore broadcast highlights packages from PDC tournaments.

Overall, a potential audience of over 300 million people have access to PDC tournaments to watch the best players in the world battling for honours at the oche.

In addition, PDC European Tour events are streamed exclusively online throughout the year through www.LIVEPDC.TV and a series of bookmakers' websites.

Click here to see the LIVEPDC.TV Schedule of Events
 
Highlights from each session of major tournaments will be available for all LIVEPDC.TV subscribers from 24 hours after the relevant session.

PDC ProTour
Live Results from PDC ProTour events will be available through the News section of www.pdc.tv.
Highlights from PDC ProTour and European Tour finals are available where possible within LIVEPDC.TV.

Current PDC Televised Tournaments
2016 Betway Premier League Darts
Sky Sports - UK & Ireland
RTL7 - Netherlands
Sport1 - Germany
Fox Sports - Australia
Sky - New Zealand
Nova - Czech Republic & Slovakia
Pragosport - Hungary
Viasat - Norway, Denmark, Bulgaria & Baltic States
OSN - Middle East & North Africa
Fox Sports - Africa
PLUS every session is live through LIVEPDC.TV for International Pass Subscribers (outside of UK, Ireland & Holland), with highlights available for all subscribers worldwide on a 24-hour delay.

Watch Live All Year Round!
Coverage of many major events is also live through RTL7 in the Netherlands, Sport1 in Germany, OSN across the Middle East and Fox Sports in Australia and many more broadcasters.
LIVEPDC.TV International Pass subscribers can also watch live coverage at LIVEPDC.TV , along with highlights on a 24-hour delay for all subscribers.