Americas
Fox Sports extends Extreme E rights in US, Canada and Caribbean
Fox Sports and Extreme E have agreed a multi-year extension for rights to the electric off-road racing series
BeIN retains Coupe de France rights in international markets
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has renewed rights in 29 international territories to the Coupe de France club football competition
Fox Sports grows US soccer portfolio with Coupe de France deal
Network makes another move to acquire key international rights
College Football Playoff semifinals average 21.7m US viewers
ESPN posts year-over-year growth for pair of dramatic contests
Canada’s Competition Tribunal approves Rogers-Shaw merger
Rogers Communications’ C$20bn (€13.9bn/$14.7bn) bid for rival Canadian telco Shaw has been approved by the Competition Tribunal in the country, seemingly paving the way for a merger between the two firms.
Canada’s TVA Sports picks up Euro 2024, Euro 2028 French-language rights
Pay-television broadcaster TVA Sports has acquired rights in Canada to the 2024 and 2028 editions of football’s Uefa European Championship.
BeIN renews Conmebol club rights in US, Canada
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has renewed an exclusive rights deal for coverage of the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana club tournaments in the US and Canada
Santiago 2023 opens up rights to Pan American Games after TVN deal criticism
The organising committee for Santiago’s 2023 Pan American and Parapan American Games has opened up the domestic rights to other free-to-air broadcasters in Chile following the controversy caused by an e…
Band ‘wins rights’ to Carioca State Championship
Brazilian commercial broadcaster Band looks set to show a select number of matches from the Campeonato Carioca, the state’s annual tournament, from the 2023 season until 2025.
YouTube formally completes deal for NFL Sunday Ticket
League finalizes pact to reimagine out-of-market game package
AFA plans to reclaim Primera División rights as TNT renewal option ‘expires’
The Argentinian Football Association (AFA) says that it has reclaimed 50 per cent of the future domestic rights to the top-tier Primera División after declaring that pay-television broadcaster TNT Sports …
FuboTV, Sinclair strike Bally Sports’ RSN carriage deal
Embattled RSN operator gains a key element of digital distribution
SuperMotocross League, Endeavor Streaming seal partnership
The SuperMotocross League has partnered with Endeavor Streaming to create global streaming service SuperMotocross Video Pass, which will feature the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship and AMA Pro…
Canada Soccer, Canadian Premier League engage TikTok
Canada Soccer and the Canadian Premier League have teamed up with short-form social media video platform TikTok to provide fans with innovative content as part of plans to further raise the profile of…
YouTube nears landmark agreement for NFL Sunday Ticket
Pact with Google-owned streaming giant follows swift turn in negotiations
World Cup final draws nearly 26 million viewers in US
Across the English broadcast Fox Sports and Spanish broadcast on Telemundo, the men's 2022 Fifa World Cup final drew 25.783 million average viewers
Twitter generates 147bn impressions during 2022 Fifa World Cup
Social media platform easily surpasses results from 2018 tournament, 2020 Olympics
DirecTV set to broadcast Liga 1 in Peru after 1190 Sports agreement
Subscription broadcaster DirecTV is set to become the new home of Liga 1 in Peru, the top tier of Peruvian football, after striking an agreement with 1190 Sports