Americas
CBS expands Professional Bull Riders coverage
CBS Sports, a division of US network CBS, has renewed an exclusive domestic rights deal for events staged by the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) organisation in the US
Media Networks disputes Universitario rights deal claim
Media Networks Latin America, a division of telecommunications company Telefónica, has disputed claims by Peruvian football club Universitario de Deportes that a rights deal between the two parties has …
NBC Sports strikes digital partnership with Yahoo Sports
The NBC Sports division of US media group NBCUniversal has struck a content and promotional deal with internet company Yahoo Sports
Mega secures Chile national team rights
Chilean general-entertainment channel Mega has acquired domestic and international rights for Chile national team football games, including qualifying matches for the 2018 Fifa World Cup and friendly fixtures
Ecuavisa to take Ecuadorian football to US
Ecuadorian commercial broadcaster Ecuavisa has agreed rights deals with several of the country’s football teams for coverage that will be shown on the Ecuavisa Internacional channel in the United States.
Iowa State University channel gets carriage on Mediacom
Cable-television broadcast operator Mediacom has agreed a carriage deal with the Iowa State University’s athletics department for its dedicated sports channel Cyclones.tv.
One final hurdle for BBC IAAF deal
Last hurdle for BBC athletics deal
Full steam ahead for Team and CAA Eleven as Uefa strategy takes shape
Team renews with Uefa as CAA Eleven continues headhunt; Big increases across the globe for Uefa club competitions
US sports TV subscribers sue leagues and broadcasters
US pay-television subscribers have been granted permission to pursue a lawsuit accusing several television networks, the Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League of antitrust violations related…
Universal moves production operations to Denver
US sports broadcaster Universal Sports Network, a subsidiary of the NBC network, will relocate its production and broadcast operations from Los Angeles, California, to Denver, Colorado, in the new year
Bell adds NBA programming to mobile television service
Canadian telecommunication company Bell has agreed a deal to add NBA content to its mobile television service
Peruvian football federation to centralise domestic league rights
The Peruvian football federation, Federación Peruana de Fútbol, will assume control of the centralised television rights to the country’s top league, the Copa Movistar Torneo Descentralizado, from 201…
Fox Sports set to acquire Cleveland Indians network
US Major League Baseball team the Cleveland Indians is set to sell its regional cable-television channel SportsTime Ohio to Fox Sports Ohio, a regional division of Fox Sports, which is owned by US network…
New Colombian sports channel launches
Win Sports, a new sports channel in Colombia that is jointly owned by pay-television broadcaster DirecTV and commercial broadcaster RCN, started broadcasting yesterday, according to Colombian news website…
Argentinian FA ordered to make social security contribution
The Argentinian government has ordered the country’s football association, Asociación del Fútbol Argentino, to contribute 6.5 p
La ‘U’ to sign multi-million dollar rights deal
Peruvian football club Universitario de Deportes, which plays in the country’s top league, the Copa Movistar Torneo Descentralizado, is reportedly close to agreeing a deal with commercial broadcaster A…
Verizon secures TV Everywhere rights in deal with NBCU
US media company NBCUniversal has struck an agreement with Verizon FiOS that will allow its channels to be carried on the IPTV operator and shown via the TV Everywhere internet television initiative
Dodgers tipped to earn over $6bn in Fox rights deal
US broadcaster Fox Sports could pay at least $6 billion (€4.7