Americas

The Learfield Sports agency has expanded its presence in the US college sports market by signing a multimedia rights deal with the athletics division of New Mexico State University.

Interview with Jeffrey Orridge, new commissioner of the Canadian Football League, about extending its deal with pay-television broadcasters TSN and RDS to 2021.

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has acquired rights for the Canadian Football League gridiron competition.

Hugo and Mariano Jinkis, controlling principals of the Full Play agency, have been placed under house arrest after their request to fight extradition was denied.

US sports broadcaster ESPN has entered into a partnership with daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings.

Influential sports media executive David Hill will step down from Rupert Murdoch’s US media company 21st Century Fox to launch a new production venture.

Pay-television broadcaster ESPN Brasil has acquired rights to Wimbledon, the UK’s grand slam tennis tournament, under a sublicensing deal with the event’s rights-holder in Brazil, pay-television broadcaster Globosat.

The Learfield Sports agency has signed a multimedia rights deal with the athletics division of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in the US.

Categoría Primera A, the top division of football in Colombia, is set to receive further exposure in the country under a raft of new carriage deals for pay-television channel Win Sports.

Hugo and Mariano Jinkis, who have been accused of corruption in relation to the sale of rights surrounding certain football matches and tournaments in the Americas in their roles as controlling principals of the Full Play agency, handed themselves in to Argentinian authorities on Thursday.

TSN has sealed a rights deal with the Canada Basketball national governing body that will allow the Canadian pay-television broadcaster to show coverage of the Canada men’s and women’s national teams.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has acquired exclusive rights for events operated by Georgetown University’s department of intercollegiate athletics.

The Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 cricket competition has said it is set for a significantly enhanced reach this season after confirming the list of global broadcast partners for its 2015 edition.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has partnered with technology company NextVR to introduce live streaming virtual reality content to the 2015 U.S. Open, which represents the broadcaster’s inaugural edition of the golf major.

North America’s National Basketball Association has said it will expand the remit of its out-of-market live game service, NBA League Pass, to allow fans to purchase single game and individual team packages from the 2015-16 season.

American football league the NFL has appointed senior Microsoft executive Jordan Levin to the new role of senior vice-president and chief content officer.