TNT Sports extends World Snooker Tour rights
July 21, 2026 09.48 Europe/London By Julian Clover


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TNT Sports has extended its rights agreement with the World Snooker Tour in the UK and Ireland until at least the 2030-31 season.

The Warner Bros. Discovery-owned broadcaster will continue to show more WST events than any other UK and Ireland broadcaster, with coverage across TNT Sports and HBO Max.

The deal includes every frame from the Triple Crown events: the World Championship, the Masters and the UK Championship. At least 16 tournaments across five countries will be streamed on HBO Max in the UK.

Events covered by the agreement include the Shanghai Masters, China Open, Wuhan Open, English Open, Shenzhen Open, Northern Ireland Open, International Championship, UK Championship, Shoot Out, Scottish Open, Masters, German Masters, Welsh Open, World Grand Prix, World Open and the World Championship and qualifiers.

Trojan Paillot, Senior Vice President, Rights, Syndication and Commercial Development at WBD Sports Europe, said: “Snooker has been a key part of our live multi-sport portfolio for many years. Extending our long-term partnership with the World Snooker Tour reinforces our commitment to providing fans with the most complete live snooker offer available through one subscription.”

Peter Wright, Chief Commercial Officer for WST, said the extension would ensure fans and players continued to receive broad live coverage in the UK and Ireland “with an outstanding broadcaster whose passion for snooker has run across decades”.

The UK and Ireland agreement follows WBD’s wider renewal of World Snooker Tour rights across 50 European markets through to at least the 2030-31 season.

TNT Sports said the 2026 World Snooker Championship was the first Triple Crown event made available to HBO Max subscribers in the UK. Streaming viewers were up compared with coverage on discovery+ in 2025, while hours watched increased by 5%. Snooker was among the top three most watched sports on HBO Max in the UK during the tournament.