Americas

American football’s NFL has renewed a partnership with YouTube that will allow additional content to be available on the league’s official channel on the video-sharing platform.

US production company Pilgrim Media Group has entered into a partnership with esports tournament organiser ESL to create and distribute original content for television and digital platforms.

US sports broadcaster ESPN and telecommunications company Verizon have reached a settlement in their lawsuit over the latter’s ‘Custom TV’ programming package.

The US Federal Communications Commission has voted to approve the proposed merger of Charter Communications and fellow pay-television operator Time Warner Cable, an agreement that is set to create the world’s second largest cable television and internet provider.

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal linked up with virtual reality technology company NextVR to present coverage of this year’s Kentucky Derby US horse-racing event.

US media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has announced cost saving measures as chief executive David Zaslav said he expects its Olympic Games broadcast rights deal to make “real money” for the firm.

US over-the-top streaming service FuboTV has agreed a carriage deal with North American sports broadcaster One World Sports.

US pay-television broadcaster Showtime has signed a deal to broadcast coverage of fights featuring British heavyweight world champion boxer Anthony Joshua.

Cricket Australia has opened a tender process for rights to a number of the country’s national team and domestic league properties in the US, Canada and the Caribbean for the five-year period covering the 2016-17 to 2020-21 seasons.

Brazilian broadcaster Rede Bandeirantes has said it will end its coverage of Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, the top division of domestic football.

The Vice Sports division of media company Vice Media has agreed a deal to produce an exclusive short-form series for sports broadcaster ESPN.

The NBC Olympics division of US media company NBCUniversal has agreed a content partnership with social media platform Snapchat for the 2016 Olympic Games and the US Olympic team trials.

US collegiate marketing agency JMI Sports has agreed a multimedia rights deal with the athletics division of the University of Pennsylvania.

Canadian telecommunications company Bell Media has acquired exclusive rights in the country for the 2017 Invictus Games.

US broadcasters CBS and Turner agreed to pay a 43-per-cent fee increase to lock down NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship rights until 2032.

The USA Track & Field national governing body has opted to switch its free online streaming service to a subscription-based model.