Americas

Chinese investment group CITIC Guoan has said it has made an investment of $20m (€18.1m) in US live-action virtual reality broadcast technology company NextVR.

Brazilian pay-television operators Claro TV and Net have teamed up to deliver the opening ceremony of the 2016 summer Olympic Games in 4K ultra-high definition.

Tour de France organiser Amaury Sport Organisation has said the 2016 edition of the cycling race will have new broadcast partners as it prepares to commence tomorrow (Saturday).

Media and entertainment company Walt Disney has struck a deal to acquire a one-third stake in the video-streaming division of MLB Advanced Media, which is operated by North America’s Major League Baseball.

The NBC Olympics division of US media company NBCUniversal has teamed up with Korean electronics firm Samsung to deliver virtual reality coverage of the 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Breeders’ Cup, the organisation that administers the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, US thoroughbred horseracing’s year-end event, has agreed a three-year extension to its international rights partnership with media consultancy Henry Birtles Associates.

Mexican Liga MX football club Club Deportivo Guadalajara has unveiled the in-house streaming platform that will exploit the rights to all its home games from the 2016 Apertura campaign.

The Caribbean Premier League has secured a landmark deal for the 2016 edition of the Twenty20 cricket tournament to be streamed live via the Facebook social network.

US media company NBCUniversal has unveiled record coverage plans for the 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has acquired rights for the Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament.

Canadian French-language broadcasters TVA Sports and RDS have both seen a significant financial impact from the first year of the new rights cycle for North American ice hockey league the NHL, according to the Financial Post.

Pay-television broadcaster ESPN International has agreed a four-season extension to its rights deal with the NFL American football league in Spanish-speaking Latin America.

US networks CBS, Fox and NBC, along with sports broadcaster ESPN, have been dropped from an antitrust lawsuit claiming collusion in the means that rights deals have been established for the NFL American football league.

The Infront Sports & Media agency signed off relatively lucrative long-term deals for ice hockey’s World Championship in three markets last month.

Social media company Twitter is seeking up to $8m (€7.2m) for advertising packages as part of its live streaming of games from the upcoming season of American football league the NFL, according to the Digiday.com website.

Argentinian Football Association president Luis Segura and three former presidential cabinet chiefs have been indicted in an investigation into the sale of the country’s domestic media rights.