Americas

American Football

American football league the NFL has struck new two-season deals for its Thursday Night Football rights package, continuing its partnership with CBS while also adding rival US network NBC as a partner as it seeks a digital contract for what it says will be a “unique tri-cast” model.

Bowling

US pay-television broadcaster CBS Sports Network has reached a two-year agreement with the United States Bowling Congress to broadcast coverage of various major events.

Multi-sport

Media company CSI Sports, the owner of Fight Sports, has struck a carriage deal for the pay-television channel with US telecommunications company Verizon.

North American sports broadcaster One World Sports has expanded its distribution network in the US by signing carriage deals with three new affiliate partners.

Skiing

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has secured rights to Europe’s Ski Classics long-distance cross-country skiing competition in the United States and Canada.

Tennis

US media company Sinclair Broadcast Group has agreed a $350m (€323.4m) deal to acquire pay-television broadcaster the Tennis Channel.

Football

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has acquired rights for the 2016 Copa América Centenario national team tournament.

Action Sports

Media group The Enthusiast Network (TEN) has agreed a multi-year strategic partnership with the Dew Tour in an agreement that will result in the NBC Sports division of US media group NBCUniversal scaling back its involvement in the action sports series.

Ice Hockey

The NHL North American ice hockey league and the NHL Players’ Association (NHLPA) have extended a video content deal with US camera manufacturer GoPro.

Football

The South American League of Clubs organisation has said it is prepared to boycott the Copa Libertadores competition if it fails to reach an agreement with the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) over the distribution of broadcast revenues for its tournaments.

Cricket

The Sporty Solutionz agency has broadened the reach of the Masters Champions League for the debut season of the Twenty20 cricket competition by striking rights deals covering the Middle East, Pakistan, sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean.

Olympic Games

An eight-Games deal with Brazilian media group Globo has helped the International Olympic Committee lock in the gains of Rio 2016 for the long-term.

Tennis

The premier men’s and women’s tennis tours struck new media rights deals in Canada last month, both earning decent rights-fee increases.

Football

Argentinian media conglomerate Grupo Clarin and the Telefónica telecommunications company have been awarded rights to domestic football league action featuring the country’s biggest clubs, according to the Cronista newspaper.

Boxing

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has partnered with virtual reality broadcast technology company NextVR to offer the first North American boxing matches broadcast live in virtual reality.

Tennis

Sony Pictures Television Networks has acquired exclusive rights in Latin America for tournaments on the Women’s Tennis Association Tour.

Boxing

Boxing promoter Golden Boy Promotions has secured a partnership with streaming service FilmOn TV Networks to launch two new channels dedicated to the sport.

Baseball

Major League Baseball has settled a lawsuit filed against the North American competition by fans unhappy about restrictions imposed on watching their favourite teams on television.