SportBusiness Media staff

The International Rugby Board has announced that this season’s Sevens World Series will be streamed live online in its entirety for the first time.

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has acquired rights to the 2013-14 season of the Sevens World Series rugby union competition.

NHL ice hockey franchise the Buffalo Sabres have agreed a television rights deal with Canadian telecommunications company Bell, giving the team a major broadcast footprint in the Southern Ontario region for the first time.

The CSI Sports media company’s Fight Sports Network has announced the appointment of Adam Zecha as its managing director for the Asia Pacific region.

The list of bidders for the IMG agency has been cut to 10 by Evercore and Morgan Stanley, the banks overseeing the sale process, according to the New York Post.

Global media company Red Bull Media House has agreed the largest US licensing deal in its history after signing a three-year partnership with the Fox Sports division of the Fox network.

The Sportfive International agency has agreed a deal with M-1 Global to distribute the global media rights to the mixed martial arts promoter’s events on an exclusive basis through 2017.

The Scottish Professional Football League has appointed the MP & Silva agency as its international development partner for the 2013-14 season.

Singapore pay-television broadcaster StarHub has signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding with the Singapore Sports Council that will lead to its SuperSports Arena channel becoming free-to-air.

Sponsors can play a key role in securing broadcast exposure for niche sports, according to David Kerr, the UK managing director of international sports broadcaster Eurosport.