Americas
Full Play and Traffic to share
Traffic and Full play sign Copa American truce and agree to share rights
West Virginia teams up with IMG College
The IMG agency’s college sports division, IMG College, has agreed a 12-year multimedia and commercial partnership with West Virginia University in the US.
Yes Network strikes college sports deal with Fox
US regional pay-television channel Yes Network has agreed a deal with Fox Sports Media Group, a division of the Fox network, for live rights to Atlantic Coast Conference college basketball and American football games, along with Big East Conference basketball games.
Universal Sports strikes Time Warner Cable partnership
US sports broadcaster Universal Sports Network, a subsidiary of the NBC network, has agreed a multi-year carriage deal with cable-television operator Time Warner Cable.
Boxing final to air on beIN Sport
US pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport has acquired the rights to this weekend’s Super 4 boxing final between Edwin Rodriguez and Denis Grachev.
ESPN boosts cricket content through Zee partnership
US sports broadcaster ESPN and Indian pay-television operator Zee have agreed a sub-licensing deal for an extensive cricket package.
NFL’s Chargers sign pre-season rights deal
The San Diego Chargers NFL American football franchise has agreed a deal for local television channel KFMB-TV (CBS 8) to exclusively broadcast three of its 2013 pre-season games.
UFC strikes Colombian rights deal
Colombian commercial broadcaster Caracol has agreed a one-year deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship to broadcast programming from the mixed martial arts promoter.
Ten Cricket to launch in Caribbean through Flow partnership
Telecommunications company Columbus International, which operates Caribbean cable-television broadcaster Flow, has announced a new programming partnership that will lead to the introduction in the region of Ten Cricket, the pay-television channel owned by Indian media group Zee Entertainment.
MLB afforded television coverage in Cuba
Cuba has broadcast its first full Major League Baseball game on free-to-air television since 1961, according to the Associated Press news agency.
Fox Sports seeking to enhance Nascar deal – report
The Fox Sports division of US network Fox is seeking to expand its current rights deal with the Nascar motor-racing series.
Turner’s strategic move into sport
Turner investment will help Esporte Interativo to be more aggressive in sports-rights market
Spike TV strikes Glory partnership
US pay-television channel Spike TV has agreed a “multi-year” rights partnership with kickboxing series Glory Sports International.
Oklahoma State targets video production with new division
The athletics department of US university Oklahoma State has added a new video division to produce original and exclusive content for the department’s official website and social media platforms.
Verizon FiOS adds on-the-go capabilities to regional broadcasters
US IPTV operator Verizon FiOS has added on-the-go capabilities for South Californian regional cable-television broadcasters Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes.
OMNI pitches Mandarin broadcast of Blue Jays game
Canadian multilingual broadcaster OMNI Television will provide an exclusive Mandarin-language broadcast of today’s (Thursday) Toronto Blue Jays game at the Boston Red Sox – the first time an MLB baseball game has been shown in Mandarin in Canada.
ESPN to show live coverage of Summer Universiade
Fisu, the governing body of international university sport, has struck a rights deal with US pay-television broadcaster ESPN for live coverage of the Summer Universiade multi-sport event next month in Kazan, Russia.
ESPN signs major streaming deal with Kansas Athletics
US sports broadcaster ESPN has agreed a seven-year rights deal, beginning with the 2013-14 academic year, with Kansas Athletics, the athletics division of the University of Kansas.