Americas

Wrestling

The WWE wrestling organisation has revamped the subscription model for its WWE Network in an effort to attract more subscribers to the streaming service, adding that it is set to launch in the UK market in November.

Football

Interview with Gary Stevenson, president and managing director of MLS Business Ventures, on the new MLS/SUM eight-year deal with IMG Events & Media.

Baseball

Major League Baseball franchise the Arizona Diamondbacks is close to extending its regional rights deal with Fox Sports Arizona, the local affiliate of Fox Sports Networks, according to the Azcentral.com news website.

Football

US Spanish-language broadcasters Telemundo and mun2, both of which are owned by media company NBCUniversal, have committed to showing 188 matches from events operated by football’s global governing body Fifa in 2015.

Football

Brazilian free-to-air sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo has struck a deal to acquire rights for the Uefa Champions League European club football tournament, according to reports.

Olympics

Canadian public-service broadcaster the CBC has acquired rights for the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games in partnership with telecommunications company Rogers Communications and media company BCE, which operates Bell Media.

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB has made a $7m (€5.5m) investment in US cross-platform media network Whistle Sports.

Basketball

Madison Square Garden Company, which owns US regional pay-television channels MSG Network and MSG Plus, along with major league franchises the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers, has proposed to spin-off its media and sports businesses from its entertainment division.

North American media company Anthem Media has entered into a wide-ranging partnership with digital sports content production and distribution company CineSport.

American Football

A district court judge in the US has granted a temporary injunction against Aereo, blocking the video streaming service from transmitting broadcasters’ programmes to its subscribers.

Cricket

West Indies Cricket Board broadcast partner, regional pay-television broadcaster Digicel SportsMax, has expressed its concern to the governing body following the collapse of the West Indies’ tour to India.

Baseball

Major League Baseball has set a new broadcast milestone with the 2014 World Series becoming the first edition of the season-ending showpiece to be live streamed.

American Football

The athletics division of US college Arizona State has said it will terminate its multimedia rights deal with IMG College and is claiming more than $5m (€3.9m) in damages from the agency for failing to meet contract obligations.

Football

The IMG agency has agreed a deal to market and distribute the global media rights to Major League Soccer and U.S. Soccer properties for the next eight years.

US motorcycling series AMA Supercross has secured its first-ever live coverage on the Fox network for its 2015 season.

Basketball

NBA TV, the cable and satellite television broadcaster operated by the North American basketball league, has extended its rights deal with Euroleague Basketball for the 2014-15 season.

Ice Hockey

NHL ice hockey franchise the Anaheim Ducks has signed a “long-term” contract extension with local broadcast rights-holder Fox Sports Prime Ticket.

Ice Hockey

NHL ice hockey team the Dallas Stars has agreed a multi-year extension to its local rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Southwest.