Overview
- Channel 5 will air a nightly highlights show for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games after a sublicense from TNT Sports.
- TNT Sports, part of Warner Bros Discovery, holds the live rights and plans more than 600 hours of coverage from Glasgow.
- This will be the first Commonwealth Games since 1954 without any BBC coverage, with the event set to start on 23 July.
- BBC leaders have pointed to budget cuts and a push toward short-form digital content as reasons for stepping back from traditional TV packages.
- The BBC’s shrinking sports slate also includes losing England men’s Six Nations matches to ITV from 2026, the Boat Race to Channel 4 from 2026, and exclusive Wimbledon highlights while keeping Wimbledon live rights to 2027.