Americas

Pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN Brasil has confirmed it will not sublicense English Premier League rights in the 2016-17 campaign, instead providing full coverage of the club football competition for the first time in the country.

US regional sports broadcaster Midco Sports Network has extended its multimedia rights partnership with the athletics department of South Dakota State University.

The NBC Olympics division of US media company NBCUniversal has partnered with social media platforms Facebook and Instagram ahead of the start of the 2016 summer Games in Rio de Janeiro on Friday.

Social media platform Twitter will stream live coverage of the ELeague esports competition today (Friday) and tomorrow.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has signed a multi-year live streaming partnership with North American ice hockey league the NHL.

American football league the NFL has brokered a deal for PlayStation Vue, the internet television service owned and operated by consumer electronics firm Sony, to carry its NFL Network cable-television channel and NFL RedZone game-day service.

Canadian broadcast group Asian Television Network has acquired rights to a host of cricket properties, including deals with the England and Wales Cricket Board and Twenty20 franchise competition the Caribbean Premier League.

Social media platform Twitter has secured live streaming rights to Major League Baseball and National Hockey League games under a deal with MLB Advanced Media, the interactive media and internet arm of the North American baseball league.

US telecommunications company Verizon has today (Monday) sealed a $4.83bn (€4.38bn) deal to acquire the operating business of internet company Yahoo.

Social media platform Twitter has entered into a content partnership with Campus Insiders, a digital video network for college sports in the US.

North America’s Major League Soccer has brokered a deal for Cuban state broadcaster Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión to broadcast its All-Star Game, along with a forthcoming men’s national team friendly match between Cuba and the United States.

Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri has confirmed that the government’s Football for All (FPT) scheme, which ensures free-to-air coverage of domestic football competitions, will be “discontinued”.

North American basketball league the NBA has agreed a deal with social media platform Facebook to stream live coverage of USA Basketball’s warm-up games for the summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Cricket Australia improved its exposure and income from North America in a series of deals with NBCSN, Willow and the Asian Television Network.

US college sports organisation the Atlantic Coast Conference has confirmed the launch of its own network after agreeing an extension to its rights deal with US sports broadcaster ESPN.

Canadian telecommunications company Bell has agreed a deal to cover this year’s Canadian League of Gamers esports competition.