Americas

Brazilian pay-television channel SporTV and media company Globo have extended their rights deals with domestic motor racing championship Stock Car.

Virtual reality broadcast technology company NextVR has partnered with the United States Tennis Association to provide highlights coverage of the latter stages of the US Open grand slam tournament.

The International Olympic Committee’s newly-launched Olympic Channel will cover this year’s Paralympic Games, which got underway in Rio de Janeiro yesterday (Wednesday).

The International Paralympic Committee is anticipating a cumulative global audience of four billion people for the Rio 2016 summer Paralympic Games, which get underway in the Brazilian city tomorrow (Wednesday).

BAMTech, the video technology business of MLB Advanced Media, the interactive media arm of Major League Baseball, has been approached by Twitter to support the social media platform’s coverage of the NFL American football league, according to the Wall Street Journal newspaper.

Brazilian sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo has secured a carriage deal with pay-television operator Sky.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Latin America has extended a rights deal for the NFL American football league.

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal is to launch a new ‘Goal Rush’ game-day digital service for its coverage of football’s English Premier League.

UK sports production company Sunset+Vine will provide broadcast production services for this weekend’s Twenty20 cricket matches between India and the West Indies, which will be staged in the United States.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox and magazine publisher Sports Illustrated have agreed a multi-year digital agreement.

Golf’s PGA Tour has agreed a rights partnership in Japan with digital sports content and media group Perform for its PGA Tour Live service, while it has unveiled a host of new initiatives for its over-the-top subscription offering, including plans to stream content via social media platforms Facebook and Twitter.

North American stock car-racing series Nascar has further enhanced its partnership with Snapchat by stating the social media platform’s Live Stories feature will be used to cover the 2016 Chase for the Sprint Cup events at Charlotte Motor Speedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway.

YuppTV, an over-the-top service that specialises in providing South Asian content to viewers in North America and the Caribbean, has acquired rights for the upcoming Twenty20 cricket series between India and the West Indies.

BAMTech, the video technology business of MLB Advanced Media, the interactive media arm of Major League Baseball, has agreed a rights, technology and investment partnership with US digital sports media company Silver Chalice Ventures.

US media company NBCUniversal has recorded its first television ratings slip for a summer Olympic Games since 2000.

US pay-television broadcaster HBO has passed up the opportunity to show Manny Pacquiao’s November 5 clash with Jessie Vargas, despite having a multi-fight contract with the Filipino boxer.