Sky Sports will remain the home of darts in the UK and Ireland until 2030 after Sky extended its partnership with the Professional Darts Corporation.

The five-year extension to the partnership, announced on Tuesday following another record-breaking World Darts Championship won by Luke Littler, will take the period of collaboration between Sky and the PDC to almost 40 years.

The new deal will include over 60 days of exclusively live coverage from the biggest darts tournaments every year including the World Darts Championship, Premier League, World Matchplay, Grand Slam of Darts, World Grand Prix and World Cup of Darts.

The announcement comes just two days before the start of the 2025 Premier League in Belfast, which will see teenage sensation Littler begin the defence of his title.

Sky has been the long-term broadcast partner of the PDC since 1993 and has played an integral role in the sport’s growth and evolution over this time.

Sky Sports managing director Jonathan Licht said: “The incredible growth in darts viewership on Sky Sports over the last 12 months shows just how much the nation loves this sport. The extraordinary story of last year’s World Championship helped to welcome new younger audiences to the sport and brought increased excitement for fans.

“Following another successful tournament, there seems no better time to extend our longstanding partnership with the PDC to remain the home of this uniquely brilliant sport. We’re excited to keep innovating to tell the stories and bring fans closer to the action through our unrivalled coverage of the biggest darts tournaments for the next five years.”

Viewing reached new heights last year when a record audience of over 4.8m people tuned in to watch the 2023/24 World Darts Championship final as Luke Humphries beat a then 16-year-old Littler, with a peak audience of 3.71m, the highest ever non-football peak on Sky Sports.

Darts mania didn’t stop there, as fan interest sustained throughout the year; with Sky also seeing record viewing figures for the Premier League in 2024, with the 15 best nights ever all coming from last year’s tournament, while the average audience for the 2024/25 World Darts Championship was up 29 per cent year-on-year as Litter beat Michael van Gerwen in the final.

This growth has also been prevalent across social media, with 8.2m views on the Sky Sports Darts YouTube channel throughout the 2024/25 World Darts Championship, representing an increase of 78 per cent year-on-year, while YouTube views on the day of the final were up 128 per cent.

PDC chief executive Matt Porter said: “Sky Sports has been by our side for over 30 years and we’re excited to extend our partnership for the next five years as we experience a surge in growth globally. We’ve gone from strength to strength in recent years as a sport, and the record viewing figures and sustained interest achieved by Sky over the past year are a reflection of the unprecedented popularity of PDC events at present.

“We’re determined to continue this growth in the coming years and it’s hugely important for us to have Sky working with us to help deliver more exciting tournaments for players, fans and viewers.”

Sky has cemented its position as the home of sport over the last 18 months, securing the rights to key sports until the end of the decade, including the Premier League, Women’s Super League, ATP and WTA Tours, NBA, and ICC cricket.

With darts joining those, as well as award-winning coverage of Formula 1, over 1,000 EFL games, every golf Major, NFL, England Netball, Super League, boxing and more, Sky Sports customers can enjoy more certainty than ever before.

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