SportBusiness Media staff

The Kentaro agency has acquired the global media rights to pre-season football competition the Audi Cup, which this year will feature host club Bayern Munich along with Manchester City, AC Milan and Sao Paulo.

The International Rugby Board governing body has announced it will stream live coverage of the 2013 World Cup Sevens tournament in its entirety.

US sports broadcaster ESPN has agreed a seven-year rights deal, beginning with the 2013-14 academic year, with Kansas Athletics, the athletics division of the University of Kansas.

Turf TV, the horseracing channel for betting shops in the UK and Ireland, has agreed a partnership with US racecourse owner Stronach Group to show racing from its tracks.

The ITN Productions arm of UK news and multimedia content company ITN has won the contract to produce newspaper group News International’s English Premier League football highlights, according to the Guardian newspaper.

US pay-television broadcaster ESPN has extended a rights deal with the Professional Bowlers Association, the major sanctioning body of ten-pin bowling in the United States.

The proportion of sports fans who consume sport via connected TV in Australia is growing, according to the Global Sports Media Consumption Report 2013.

Irish pay-television broadcaster Setanta Sports has agreed a carriage deal with UK telecommunications company BT for its soon-to-be-launched BT Sport service.

US pay-television broadcaster NBC Sports Network has confirmed its schedule for coverage of the 2013 Canadian Football League gridiron tournament.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has acquired rights for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.