Americas

Major League Baseball franchise the San Diego Padres is targeting a Mexican broadcast rights deal as it prepares to return to the market.

North American basketball league the NBA has entered into a digital media partnership in the UK market with the GiveMeSport platform.

US sports broadcaster ESPN will not enter a bid for the NFL American football league’s Thursday Night Football package, according to a report.

North American basketball league the NBA has teamed up with UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport and Canadian communications and media company Rogers to deliver an NBA game in 4K ultra-high definition to the public for the first time.

Pay-television broadcaster ESPN International has renewed a distribution rights deal in Latin America and the Caribbean for the Australian Open tennis grand slam tournament.

North American sports broadcaster One World Sports has secured a deal with Harvard University’s athletics department to broadcast coverage of matches featuring the US college’s ice hockey teams.

American Sports Network, a subsidiary of US broadcasting company Sinclair Networks Group, has secured rights to the country’s new Major League Football (MLFB) spring American football competition.

Pay-television broadcaster the Sports Channel has extended an exclusive rights deal in Israel with North American basketball league the NBA.

A group of 15 leading South American football clubs have joined forces to establish a new organisation designed to enhance their position concerning the distribution of broadcast revenues by the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol).

US pay-television broadcaster Univision Deportes has acquired exclusive Spanish-language rights in the country for all national team competitions operated by Uefa, football’s European governing body.

North American sports broadcaster One World Sports has struck a multi-year deal to begin carrying Juventus TV, the in-house television channel operated by Italian Serie A football club Juventus.

Bill Rasmussen, founder of sports broadcaster ESPN, has launched a new company with proprietary technology which aims to significantly improve and enhance the fan experience at live sports events in venues of all sizes.

American football league the NFL is planning to live stream all three International Series games scheduled to be played in London next season, with technology giants Apple and Google in contention for the rights, according to Reuters.

Racecourse Media Group, the holding company responsible for a range of media and data rights involving 34 of the UK’s premier racecourses, has secured a deal to simulcast live coverage of the Dubai World Cup Carnival horse racing series in the Caribbean, as well as North, Central and South America.

Canal del Fútbol, the broadcaster which holds exclusive rights to domestic football in Chile, is evaluating its options after a tender process for highlights rights to the top-tier Campeonato Nacional failed to secure suitable offers.

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