Americas
YES Network adds interactive baseball stats to app
YES Network, the New York regional sports network, has launched a live stats feature to its app that runs in unison with New York Yankees Major League Baseball broadcasts
Diamond Sports Group makes rights fee payment for MLB’s Rangers
Diamond Sports Group, the parent company for regional sports network (RSN) Bally Sports, has paid the rights fee for Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers broadcasts
Concacaf extends international rights deals with IMG, Mediapro
Concacaf has appointed the IMG and Mediapro agencies to sell international media rights to its flagship national team tournaments and club competitions in 2023 and 2024
1190 Sports, Fanatiz owner raises $74m to drive Latin American rights push
FZ Sports, the parent company of South American sports marketing agency 1190 Sports and streaming platform Fanatiz, has raised $74m (€68m) in financing.
Former Sorare COO Spoon hired as Yahoo Sports president
US internet company Yahoo has appointed Ryan Spoon as the new president of its sports division.
Spoon comes to Yahoo Sports after working at digital collectibles and fantasy game company Sorare
Women’s World Cup ad sales 90 per cent sold out in US, Fox Sports says
Fox Sports, the English-language broadcaster in the United States for the 2023 Fifa Women's World Cup, says that it has sold 90 per cent of its available match-day units
NBA Playoffs record best viewership in five years
The National Basketball Association's playoffs averaged 5.47 million viewers across ABC, ESPN, and TNT, making them the most-watched playoffs in the past five years
Netflix ‘to test live sports streaming’ with celebrity golf event
Streaming service Netflix is reportedly in talks to enter the live sports broadcast market through the creation of a celebrity-driven golf tournament featuring professional golfers and Formula 1 drivers
TuneIn becomes official audio broadcaster of Formula 1 in US, Canada
Live-streaming audio service TuneIn has announced a deal with Formula 1 to become the official audio broadcaster of F1 in the United States and Canada for the remainder of the 2023 season
ESPN adds F1 alternate broadcast with Ricciardo
ESPN, the American broadcaster for Formula 1, has announced an alternate broadcast hosted by Red Bull Racing reserve driver Daniel Ricciardo and actor and F1 fan Will Arnett for the Canadian Grand Prix…
Bevacqua quits NBC Sports for University of Notre Dame
Pete Bevacqua is to quit his role as chairman of NBC Sports Group to become athletic director at Notre Dame, the prestigious US university
Chilevisión deal concludes Santiago 2023 domestic rights sales
The organising committee for 2023 Pan American and Parapan American Games in Santiago has concluded the line-up of broadcasters in the host nation through the signing of a deal with commercial broadcaster…
USL renews SiriusXM radio rights deal
The United Soccer League (USL), the organising body for US leagues below Major League Soccer (MLS), has renewed its radio rights deal with SiriusXM to 2025
CBS Sports turns to Hype for sports broadcast innovations
Sport technology ecosystem Hype Sports Innovation and broadcaster CBS Sports have agreed to a partnership that focuses on creating new technology and innovation for the network’s sports programming.
‘Proud and happy’ Apple breaks silence on MLS coverage
Apple has spoken publicly for the first time about its coverage of Major League Soccer (MLS), deeming the first few months of the long-term partnership to have been a success and "better than forecasted"
Rival investment funds make financial incentives to Brazilian clubs
The two collectives of Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and B teams seeking to drive plans for a new Brazilian football league system have this week made new financial offers in a bid to entice rival clubs …
Tight turnaround may hinder LatAm quartet’s collective sales ploy
A quartet of South American football associations have banded together to sell media rights to their home 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers, in what experts regard as a step in the right direction for the region’s international football rights market.
NBA coverage on Globo’s SporTV to end
Brazilian media group Globo is to stop showing National Basketball Association matches on its pay-TV channel SporTV