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US satellite-television provider DirecTV has reached an agreement with sports broadcaster ESPN to carry the SEC Network when the new pay-television channel dedicated to college sport’s Southeastern Conference launches on August 14.

The International Olympic Committee has confirmed that commercial broadcaster Seven has acquired media rights in Australia for the next three editions of the Olympic Games.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has signed a six-year extension to its rights agreement with New Zealand Cricket, the governing body for the sport in the country.

Romanian cable-television operator Romtelecom has broken off talks to acquire rights for domestic football’s Liga 1 tournament, according to the ZF newspaper.

The IMG agency has struck a 10-year deal, from 2015 to 2024, to develop North American stock car-racing series Nascar’s international media business.

Fina, the global governing body of aquatic sports, has agreed an eight-year rights deal with Brazilian pay-television broadcaster Globosat.

The collective sale of media rights in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football, is likely to be introduced ahead of the 2016-17 season, according to Josep Maria Bartomeu, the president of top club Barcelona.
 

UK sports production and media company Sunset+Vine has agreed a wide-ranging social media content partnership with Marylebone Cricket Club that includes management of the Lord’s Cricket Ground channel on video-sharing platform YouTube.

New pay-television broadcaster Siyaya TV has acquired media rights in South Africa for the country’s national football team matches.

Cable-television channel ‘Saint Petersburg’ has acquired rights for football matches featuring Russian team Zenit St Petersburg.