Americas

The Mediapro agency has expanded the reach of its Canal F1 Latin America channel ahead of the new Formula One motor racing season by agreeing a carriage deal with Argentine cable television operator Cablevision.

The Ladies Professional Golf Association has hailed further progress in its strategy of securing greater exposure on network television in the United States, with the news that CBS will cover the final round of the 2016 Marathon Classic tournament.

Internet company Yahoo has struck a deal to show live coverage of out-of-market games from the North American NHL ice hockey league in the US.

US football streaming platform fuboTV has raised $15m (€13.4m) in a Series B funding round led by investments from European pay-television broadcast group Sky and US media company 21st Century Fox.

Technology company Intel has acquired Replay Technologies, which has specialised in providing 3D video technology to US sports broadcasters.

US telecommunications company AT&T and its DirecTV satellite service provider and broadcaster will next month deliver the Masters golf major in 4K, in what AT&T claims will mark the first-ever live ultra-high definition broadcast in the country.

A direct-to-consumer offering is being considered for ESPN, according to Bob Iger, chief executive of the US sports broadcaster’s parent company, Walt Disney.

International sports broadcaster ESPN has extended a rights deal in Spanish-speaking Latin America and the Caribbean for the ATP World Tour, which operates the professional circuit of men’s tennis.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has signed a multimedia rights deal with the athletics division of Auburn University.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has furthered its partnership with virtual reality broadcast technology company NextVR with a college basketball event set to be afforded live coverage in virtual reality.

Social media website Facebook is set to bid for the online streaming rights to the NFL American football league’s Thursday Night Football package, according to Variety.

NBC Sports Group has acquired rights in the US for the Premiership, the top division of rugby union in England.

Flow, the Caribbean pay-television platform owned by telecommunications company Cable & Wireless, has acquired rights to Twenty20 cricket competition the Indian Premier League.

Major League Baseball has agreed a multi-year deal with Snapchat through which it will expand its association with the social media platform by launching a ‘Snapchat Day’.

An audacious offer from Esporte Interativo has loosened Globo’s stranglehold on Brazilian domestic football.

Times Internet, the digital arm of the Times of India media group, has reached a deal to acquire Willow TV International, a cricket-dedicated broadcaster in the US.