Americas
Value of Uefa rights stays strong in Europe and Canada
Uefa has agreed a raft of Champions League and Europa League rights deals, securing fee increases in each territory, TV Sports Markets understands.
CBS Sports Network extends rights to Army football
US pay-television broadcaster CBS Sports Network has agreed a five-year rights extension with the Army Athletic Association for the body’s college American football games.
AT&T U-Verse to carry action sports channel
US telecommunications company AT&T has struck a deal to carry new Latin American action sports channel PX TV on its U-Verse pay-television service.
Boxing returns to US primetime network television with PBC series
The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has struck a multi-year rights deal to show the new Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) series.
College Football Playoff finale smashes records for ESPN
US sports broadcaster ESPN has reported record cable television audience and rating figures for its broadcast of Monday’s inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship game.
Cohen appointed to top MP & Silva Americas role
Daniel Cohen has been appointed as the new senior vice-president for the Americas at the MP & Silva agency.
ESPN pounces for West Indies one-day tournament rights
Pay-television broadcaster ESPN Caribbean has acquired exclusive rights for live coverage of the Nagico Super50 cricket tournament.
Universal Sports Network bolsters US reach
US pay-television sports broadcaster Universal Sports Network has broadened its reach after three cable television operators agreed carriage deals for the platform.
Chicago Cubs align local rights deals with new WGN-TV contract
Major League Baseball franchise the Chicago Cubs has signed a new five-year local rights deal with cable-television broadcaster WGN-TV.
Consortium acquires Keemotion
Sports production company Keemotion has been acquired by a consortium of investors led by David Abrams, a retired partner from US private equity firm Apollo Global Management.
New Dish service aims to offer cut-price access to ESPN content
Sling TV, a subsidiary of US pay-television provider Dish Network, has said it will launch a new live, over-the-top television service offering customers access to content from companies including sports broadcaster ESPN.
NeuLion strengthens position with DivX acquisition
Internet video technology provider NeuLion, a partner to a host of major professional sports leagues in the US, has acquired next-generation digital video solutions specialist DivX.
IMG College extends with East Carolina University
The IMG College division of the IMG agency has signed a 10-year extension, from 2016-17 to 2025-26, to its multi-media rights partnership with East Carolina University in the US.
NFL furthers online video drive with Facebook partnership
American football league the NFL has bolstered its online video offering by agreeing a partnership with social media platform Facebook, according to the Wall Street Journal newspaper.
Special analysis from Rights Tracker: The Growth of Football in North America
Mike Kiernan and Lukas Zajancauskas look at football's rights-fee growth in the North American market, and compare it to traditional leading US sports properties.
ASO details broadcast reach for 2015 Dakar Rally
Dakar Rally organiser Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) has said that the 2015 edition of the annual motorsport event will receive coverage in 190 countries through 70 broadcasters.
Winter break matches picked up by beIN Sports
US pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired rights for two friendly matches over football’s European winter break.
DirecTV renews Disney ‘TV Everywhere’ deal
US satellite-television provider DirecTV has sealed a multi-year distribution deal with the Walt Disney media company covering authenticated online video services for a number of broadcasters, including pay-television sports channel ESPN.