Americas

Pan-regional pay-television broadcaster ESPN has agreed a three-season extension to its rights deal in Latin America and the Caribbean for the MotoGP motorcycling championship.

Atlético Paranaense has become the first Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club to formally accept the offer submitted by sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo for the pay-television rights to the top division of Brazilian football.

US network CBS is hoping to secure streaming rights for American football’s NFL for the coverage to be shown on its CBS All Access broadband service, according to the Variety magazine.

US media company Sinclair Broadcast Group has been given the green light to close its takeover of pay-television broadcaster the Tennis Channel by the Federal Trade Commission.

Kickboxing promotion Glory has sealed a multi-year rights deal with US sports broadcaster ESPN.

North American Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew has secured a local rights deal with US media company Sinclair Broadcast Group and domestic pay-television operator Time Warner Cable.

US pay-television channel GolTV has acquired exclusive rights in the country to the Coppa Italia club football knockout tournament.

Flow, the Caribbean pay-television platform owned by telecommunications company Cable & Wireless, has signed a partnership with the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) to be the exclusive broadcast partner and sponsor of the CARIFTA Games.

US pay-television provider Dish, and its over-the-top subsidiary Sling TV, have agreed a long-term extension to their strategic partnership with cricket-dedicated broadcaster Willow TV International.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired rights in North America for the MotoGP world championship and renewed a deal for fellow motorcycle-racing series WorldSBK.

Media-rights deals between Guatemala’s football association and Mexican media magnate Angel Gonzalez were agreed at prices that were below market value, sources from an audit committee appointed by football’s global governing body, Fifa, have told the Reuters news agency.

Brazilian sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo has confirmed it has submitted a bid of R$550m (€126m/$139m) per year to secure the pay-television rights to Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, the top division of Brazilian football.

North American pay-television broadcaster One World Sports has extended a carriage deal with German Bundesliga football club Bayern Munich.

The International Cricket Council has awarded digital clip rights in North America and Pakistan for its events over a four-year period, from 2016 to 2019.

MLB Advanced Media, the interactive media and internet company of Major League Baseball, has said it is keen to enter the market for over-the-top rights to global sports programming.

Increasing the value of its Thursday Night Football rights while dividing content once more illustrates the sheer power of the National Football League.