Americas

US pay-television broadcaster Tennis Channel has acquired rights for the new Champions Tennis League in India.

Time Warner Cable’s shareholders have approved a deal for the US pay-television operator to be acquired by US media company Comcast for $45.2bn (€33.2bn).

US multimedia entertainment studio Electus has acquired the international distribution rights for the Bellator MMA mixed martial arts organisation.

The Fox International Channels Latin America broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox has extended the reach of its Fox Sports 2 channel by agreeing carriage deals with Argentine cable television operator Cablevision and Brazilian pay-television operator Sky Brasil.

The North American NBA basketball league is to make a number of regular-season games available on a new online sports platform that will be created in partnership with US pay-television broadcaster ESPN as part of its next rights cycle.

US network ABC and cable-television broadcaster Turner Broadcasting System have struck long-term media-rights extensions for the NBA basketball league, according to the Wall Street Journal newspaper.

Marine motorsport promoter Powerboat P1 has signed a broadcast deal with the Fox Sports International division of media company 21st Century Fox.

Pay-television broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights to the new Fall Experimental Football League (FXFL) American football development competition, according to Forbes.

Satellite-television provider DirecTV has extended an exclusive rights deal for the NFL American football Sunday Ticket package of programming.

The MP & Silva agency has agreed a one-year partnership with the NBA to distribute programming from the North American basketball league across selected territories in Latin America.

European club ice hockey competition the Kontinental Hockey League has strengthened its global footprint with the Ufa Sports agency securing a host of new broadcast rights deals.

Lega Serie A, the governing body of the top division of Italian football, and its strategic media rights advisor, the Infront Sports & Media agency, have launched a tender for the international broadcast rights to Serie A.

The US Federal Communications Commission will today (Tuesday) vote on a proposal to end the controversial ‘blackout’ rule that blocks certain sports events from being shown live on television in their local market if they fail to meet a specified level of ticket sales.

Shareholders of DirecTV have approved a takeover of the satellite-television provider by US telecommunications company AT&T.

North American ice hockey league the NHL has agreed a partnership with US cable and satellite television broadcaster Epix to produce and distribute a two-part original series dedicated to the 2015 Winter Classic and Stadium Series events.

The World Series of Fighting mixed martial arts series has unveiled a new pay-per-view revenue sharing model that will see a share of the revenue generated from each broadcast distributed to fighters.