SportBusiness Media staff

EHF Marketing, the marketing arm of the European Handball Federation, has agreed a deal with MP & Silva for the agency to market the governing body’s media rights.

Indian Premier League cricket team Rajasthan Royals has launched its own media channel, according to the Press Trust of India news agency.

Ditto TV, part of Indian media group Zee Entertainment Enterprises, has acquired the international streaming rights to the One-Day International cricket series between the West Indies, India and Sri Lanka.

US pay-television channel Spike TV has agreed a “multi-year” rights partnership with kickboxing series Glory Sports International.

Olympic Broadcast Services, the company created by the International Olympic Committee to oversee the host broadcaster function for the Olympics, has agreed to work with Fila, the international wrestling federation, on new ways to present the sport at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.

The athletics department of US university Oklahoma State has added a new video division to produce original and exclusive content for the department’s official website and social media platforms.

US IPTV operator Verizon FiOS has added on-the-go capabilities for South Californian regional cable-television broadcasters Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes.

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB will make its Sky Sports 1 channel available for free on the opening day of the English Premier League football season on August 17.

UK pay-television channel BoxNation has secured rights to Floyd Mayweather Junior’s fight against Saul Alvarez, announced a number of partnerships with promoters and revealed it is close to selling a “major shareholding” in the company.