Americas

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has sealed a partnership with virtual reality technology provider NextVR.

Mexican mobile entertainment provider Binbit has struck a multi-year deal with North American basketball league the NBA to distribute mobile phone content to fans in certain countries across Latin America, Europe and Asia.

Brazilian sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo has confirmed it has made a substantial offer to secure the pay-television rights to Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, the top division of Brazilian football.

North American stock car-racing series Nascar has entered into an enhanced partnership with Snapchat under which the social media platform will provide video coverage of races throughout the 2016 season.

US pay-television broadcaster GolTV has acquired exclusive rights in the country to the Primera División, the top division of domestic football in Venezuela.

North American basketball league the NBA has agreed a multi-year extension to a digital content partnership in Germany with Spox.com, the online streaming website owned by digital sports media company Perform.

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

The CBS network’s coverage of Super Bowl 50 slipped in the ratings compared to the previous two editions of the NFL American football league’s championship game, but still registered as the third most watched event in US television history.

The Infront Sports & Media agency has secured new broadcast rights deals for the Champions Hockey League in Latin America, Israel, Latvia and France ahead of the finale of the second season of the pan-European club ice hockey competition.

North American Major League Soccer club the New York Red Bulls has signed a multi-year extension to its local rights partnership with MSG Networks, the pay-television channel owned by Madison Square Garden Company.

Tennis Australia has renewed its deal with ESPN for Australian Open rights in Latin America and the Caribbean without putting the rights on the market.

Technology giants Apple, Amazon and Google, along with telecommunications firm Verizon, are in contention for the digital rights to the NFL American football league’s Thursday Night Football games, according to Variety.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has secured rights in Poland and Belgium to the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) qualifying matches for the 2018 Fifa World Cup national team tournament.

North American sports broadcaster One World Sports has agreed a strategic rights deal with Spanish-language US broadcaster Univision Deportes for carriage of Barça TV, the in-house television channel operated by Spanish LaLiga football club Barcelona.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has further bolstered its football content by acquiring a package of rights to the Mexican national team from Spanish-language US broadcaster Univision Deportes.

Golf’s PGA Tour has entered into global partnerships with action camera manufacturer GoPro and internet video network SkratchTV that aim to deliver never-before-seen perspectives and episodic video content to fans around the world.