Americas

The IMG agency has acquired a minority stake in video technology company LiveClips, which delivers real-time highlights of sporting events to mobile devices.

Pay-television broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights across Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America for the 2014 winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia and the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

American football’s NFL is to launch a new online service called NFL Now that will allow fans to tailor content, including highlights of games, to focus on their favourite teams and players.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has expanded its partnership with social media website Facebook for its live coverage of the NFL American football Super Bowl game on Sunday.

Canadian NHL ice hockey franchise the Ottawa Senators has agreed a regional media rights deal with telecommunications company Bell Media.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has acquired rights in Latin America for the 2014 winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia and the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Octapixx Live agency has been awarded global media rights for events operated by the Professional Bowlers Association, the main sanctioning body for ten-pin bowling in the US.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven Network has acquired media rights for the US Masters golf event, according to the Australian newspaper.

US sports broadcaster Universal Sports Network, a subsidiary of the NBC network, has entered into a multi-year rights deal with Fina, the global governing body of aquatic sports.

Media company 21st Century Fox has confirmed a deal to increase its stake in US regional pay-television sports broadcaster Yes Network to a controlling 80-per-cent stake.

Digital sports video agency SendtoNews and golf’s US PGA Tour have signed an exclusive multi-year rights agreement to distribute digital video content to local news sites throughout the United States.

Regional US broadcaster NBC Bay Area, operated by the NBCUniversal media company, has agreed to show at least 400 hours of programming per year dedicated to the San Francisco 49ers as part of a broad agreement with the NFL American football franchise.

The Fox International Channels (FIC) Latin America broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox has announced the launch of Fox Sports 2 in Brazil, its second pay-television sports channel in the country.

MLB baseball franchise the Los Angeles Dodgers have announced that their new regional pay-television sports channel, SportsNet LA, will launch on February 25.

International Media Content (IMC), the parent company of pay-television broadcaster SportsMax, has acquired rights in the Caribbean for the 2014 winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.

United Soccer Leagues (USL) Pro has agreed a deal with YouTube that will allow the video-sharing website to show live coverage of every game from the US club football competition.