SportBusiness Media staff

US digital video technology company Volar Video has partnered with sports media firm Sporting News Media to launch a new digital platform for all forms of amateur sport.

Organisers of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games have confirmed that live coverage of the multi-sport event will be streamed on video-sharing website YouTube.

The Ladies Professional Golf Association has agreed a deal with Blinkx to offer users of the US media company’s service access to golf-related video content.

The NBC Sports Ventures division of US sports broadcasting organisation NBC Sports Group has agreed a multi-year strategic alliance that will provide broadcast exposure for obstacle racing series the Spartan Race.

TV Sports Markets today unveiled the line-up for a high level panel on European club football that it will present at Sportel Monaco in October.

The National Basketball Association wants to double the value of its domestic media rights deals in the next cycle, according to the Wall Street Journal newspaper.

The MP & Silva agency has agreed a four-year extension to its content and media advisor partnership with Arsenal Broadband Limited, the digital arm of English Premier League football club Arsenal.

Yitz Shmulewitz and Dominic Coles have been appointed to senior positions as part of a management reshuffle of pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport following its takeover by US media company Discovery Communications.

MUTV, the in-house television channel of English Premier League football club Manchester United, has commenced broadcasting in high-definition as part of a full brand refresh.

UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired rights for the Armoy Road Races motorcycling event in Northern Ireland.