Americas

MLB Advanced Media, the interactive media and internet company of Major League Baseball, has approved the creation of a media company that will act as a new source of revenue for the league and its clubs.

US satellite-television provider DirecTV has significantly extended the reach of its Sunday Ticket package of programming for the NFL American football league by making its live streaming service more widely available.

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has agreed a long-term extension to its broadcast agreement with the Maryland Jockey Club for the Preakness Stakes horseracing event.

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has retained exclusive live rights for football’s English Premier League in a six-year deal, from 2016-17 to 2021-22.

American football league the NFL has signed a new multi-year partnership with social networking service Twitter which will deliver daily uniquely packaged official NFL video and other types of content to fans on a year-round basis.

NBCUniversal-owned pay-television channel USA Network will show a weekly match from football’s English Premier League throughout the forthcoming 2015-16 season.

US pay-television sports broadcaster Universal Sports Network will launch a new digital streaming pay-per-view service for the upcoming Rugby World Cup in England.

AMC Networks International – Central Europe, the central European division of US entertainment company AMC Networks, has agreed a multi-year extension to its deal with the NBA for the rights in Hungary to the North American basketball league.

Pan-regional pay-television broadcaster GolTV has agreed a two-year deal with the Venezuelan Football Federation (FVF) for rights to the Primera División, the top division of domestic football.

The International Paralympic Committee has said it will provide live streaming of the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has agreed a multi-year deal to show the new midweek boxing property launched by the Premier Boxing Champions series.

The Major League Baseball Advanced Media division of Major League Baseball has confirmed a digital rights deal with the NHL ice hockey league in North America.

Caribbean telecommunications company Digicel has secured a five-year broadcast rights deal across more than 25 markets in the region for LaLiga, the top division of Spanish football.

The Fox International Channels broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox is to simulcast coverage of the German Bundesliga football match between Bayern Munich and Hamburg to regions across the world in a move described by the company as a “global first.”

Major League Baseball franchise the St. Louis Cardinals have signed a new 15-year deal with long-term local television rights partner, regional sports network Fox Sports Midwest, in an agreement reportedly worth more than $1bn (€907m).

The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has signed a five-year sublicensing deal with sports broadcaster ESPN to continue showing the Missouri Valley Conference college sports league.