Channel 5 secures Commonwealth Games highlights deal as BBC ends 72-year run

• TNT will show live action having outbid BBC for rights

• Corporation indifference sparked by poor viewing figures

Channel 5 has agreed a deal to show a daily highlights programme from the Commonwealth Games this summer, with the BBC opting not to broadcast any coverage of the event in Glasgow.

TNT Sports secured live rights for the Games last year by outbidding the BBC, which declined the opportunity to take a highlights package after holding talks with TNT.