SportBusiness Media staff

Mexican media company AYM Sports has acquired the broadcast rights in the Americas to the 2014 U15 Baseball World Cup.

The Romanian competition authority has launched an investigation into the sale of media rights for the country’s Liga 1 domestic top-tier football tournament.

The NI Football League, which operates Northern Irish football’s top tier Premiership, has agreed a long-term live streaming partnership with TrackChamp.

Middle Eastern broadcaster MBC Group has agreed a 10-year rights deal for the Saudi Professional League, the top division of football in Saudi Arabia.

Canadian telecommunications company Rogers Communications has agreed an exclusive 10-year rights and distribution deal, from 2014-15 to 2023-24, with the WWE wrestling organisation.

Singaporean pay-television broadcaster StarHub will rebrand its sports channels from August 15.

Pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport has secured exclusive live television and digital rights for this year’s Tour of Poland cycling race.

France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby has confirmed it will appeal against an order by the Autorité de la Concurrence, the French competition authority, to suspend a rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus and hold a new tender process for the rights to the Top 14 rugby union league.

Media company Constantin Medien has confirmed it is pursuing a claim for damages against Bernie Ecclestone, despite having had its initial case against the Formula One Group chief executive rejected in the UK High Court earlier this year.

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has enhanced its German football coverage by agreeing a deal for rights to the national team’s home friendly matches, along with the DFB Cup – the domestic club knockout competition.