Americas

Ben Sutton, IMG College's chairman and president, is transitioning to an honorary role at the US college sports division of the WME IMG agency.

Greg Stremlaw has been named as the new head of the CBC Sports division of Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC.

The Mediapro agency has expanded the reach of its Formula One channel in Mexico by agreeing a carriage deal with pay-television operator Totalplay.

United World Wrestling, the sport’s global governing body, has said it will stream live coverage of every match during the 2015 Wrestling World Championships in Las Vegas, US.

Internet video technology provider NeuLion has expanded its partnership with the Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts series.

The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has enhanced its live streaming offering for the NFL, offering regular-season games from the American football league for the first time this season.

Categoría Primera A, the top division of football in Colombia, is set to receive significantly enhanced exposure in the country under a partnership between pay-television channel Win Sports and telecommunications company Telefónica.

German Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich has signed a global media partnership with specialist digital football platform Goal.com.

Steve Ballmer, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, has reportedly rejected the latest offer for the next cycle of the North American NBA basketball franchise’s local rights and is considering launching an over-the-top streaming network to show coverage.

US sports broadcaster ESPN has launched a new college sports service that will bring hundreds of exclusive events to its online streaming service ESPN3 to televisions.

The Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) has been given the green light to break its broadcast rights contract with the Full Play agency.

NBCUniversal blew its rivals out of the water to retain Premier League rights in the US earlier this month – the league’s first deal in its new international sales cycle.

Leslie Moonves, the president and chief executive of CBS, has said that the US network would have liked a longer deal than a one-year extension with American football’s NFL for the Thursday Night Football package.

North American pay-television broadcaster One World Sports has signed a multi-year extension to its licensing agreement with English Premier League football club Arsenal.

Italian Serie A football club AS Roma has extended its broadcast partnership with the NBC Sports Regional Networks division of US media group NBCUniversal.

Pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN International has acquired multi-platform rights for the next edition of the America’s Cup sailing event in more than 40 territories.