Americas

Sports streaming specialist FloSports has generated $21.2m (€18.8m) in new funding, with international media and entertainment company Discovery Communications and wrestling entertainment promoter WWE among the latest investors.

US sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights for the Uefa Euro 2020 national team football tournament, as well as all Uefa national team games between 2018 and 2022.

Social media company Twitter is in talks with technology giant Apple to allow its sports content to be accessed via digital media player Apple TV, and is targeting further rights deals with major sports organisations, according to the New York Times.

US over-the-top streaming service fuboTV has acquired rights to the Primeira Liga, the top division of club football in Portugal.

Sports broadcaster ESPN International has acquired rights for Mexico’s two leading annual tennis events in the tournaments’ home market, as well as across Central America and the Caribbean.

Mixed martial arts promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship has further bolstered the content available through its digital subscription service, UFC Fight Pass, by agreeing a global partnership with Canadian series TKO MMA.

Premiership Rugby, the organising body for the top division of club rugby union in England, has agreed television rights deals with operators in Latin America, Canada and the Caribbean.

The International Olympic Committee has struck a partnership with Facebook that will allow users of the social media website’s Facebook Messenger service to interact with a ‘bot’ about live updates and highlights from the Olympic Games in Rio, according to the Mashable digital news service.

US sports broadcaster ESPN will launch a new multi-sport subscription streaming service after its owner, the Walt Disney media company, confirmed an investment in BAMTech, the video technology business of MLB Advanced Media, the interactive media arm of Major League Baseball.

Virtual reality broadcast technology company NextVR is targeting global expansion after receiving significant funding from a raft of high-profile investors.

NBCUniversal has agreed a content and advertising deal with Snapchat that will allow the US media company to produce original shows for the social media platform.

The University of Miami has claimed a first for US college sport by developing a virtual reality channel for fans of its athletics teams.

Internet company Yahoo has extended a digital content partnership with US media company NBCUniversal for the Rio 2016 summer Olympic Games, which get underway this (Friday) evening.

Pay-television broadcaster SportsMax approximately doubled the value of the Olympics in the Caribbean in order to win rights to the 2018 and 2020 Games.

Active lifestyle and endurance events company Tough Mudder has agreed a multi-year rights deal with the CBS Sports division of US network CBS.

Brazilian media company Globo has partnered with social media platform Snapchat to enhance its coverage of the forthcoming summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.