Americas
Patriot League renews with CBS Sports Network
US pay-television broadcaster CBS Sports Network has agreed a multi-year extension to its television rights deal with the Patriot League collegiate sports organisation.
MLB Network launches authenticated streaming service
North America’s Major League Baseball has launched an authenticated stream for its MLB Network pay-television service.
Comcast SportsNet Houston collapse heads for court
NBC goes large to snatch Open
NBC Sports is understood to have paid a significant increase to prise rights to golf’s British Open from its long-term American home on ESPN.
ESPN picks up rights for New Zealand heavyweight clash
US pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights for the heavyweight boxing clash between New Zealander Joseph Parker and German Yakup Saglam tomorrow (Saturday) night.
ATN scoops up cricket rights
Canadian broadcast group Asian Television Network has acquired exclusive rights for the Bangladesh v India cricket series.
Charter confirms SportsNet LA carriage deal
US pay-television operator Charter Communications has confirmed it will start to carry regional pay-television channel SportsNet LA on Tuesday.
CBS Sports Network snaps up MAC Conference rights from ESPN
US pay-television broadcaster CBS Sports Network has struck a rights deal to show American football and basketball games from the US Mid-American Conference.
WatchandWager renews digital rights deal with NYRA
The WatchandWager deposit wagering subsidiary of online betting firm Webis Holdings has renewed a simulcast wagering and video streaming deal with horseracing body the New York Racing Association.
NBC Sports continues Triple Crown quest with Belmont Stakes deal
The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has agreed a long-term extension with the New York Racing Association encompassing exclusive rights to the Belmont Stakes horseracing event.
Yahoo selected by NFL for free worldwide streaming first
Internet company Yahoo has been selected by American football’s National Football League to deliver the first ever live stream of a regular-season game from the league for free to viewers worldwide.
Uruguayan FA considers status of Full Play deal
The Uruguayan Football Association’s (AUF) secretary of economic affairs, Ignacio Alonso, has said that it is a “possibility” that the governing body could curtail its contract with the Full Play agency, which has been implicated in the corruption scandal surrounding football’s global governing body Fifa.
DirecTV ‘monitoring’ situation after Torneos implicated in US’s Fifa indictment
DirecTV is monitoring the US Department of Justice’s investigation into allegations of corruption involving Fifa, football’s global governing body, and the Torneos y Competencias agency, in which the pay-television operator has a minority stake.
TSN and RDS touchdown CFL extension
Canadian pay-television sports broadcasters TSN and RDS have agreed a three-year extension to their rights deals with the Canadian Football League.
NBC Sports launches documentary production unit
The NBC Sports division of US media company NBCUniversal is to launch a new sports documentary production division, NBC Sports Films.
Now TV to show Copa América in Hong Kong
Hong Kong telecommunications company PCCW has acquired exclusive rights for the Copa América national team football tournament in Chile.
MP & Silva recruits YouTube executive for digital drive in Americas
MP & Silva has snapped up William Mao from video-sharing website YouTube to serve as the agency’s new vice-president of digital operations in the Americas.
ESPN seals Serie A rights in Latin America
ESPN has reached a sublicensing deal with rival international pay-television sports broadcaster Fox Sports Latin America to acquire rights for the Serie A top division of Italian football across Latin America and certain territories in the Caribbean.