Americas

Olympic Games

Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC has struck an agreement for Amazon Prime Video, the OTT subscription platform of internet retail giant Amazon, to show its coverage of the summer Olympic Games in…
Chess

NBC Sports has secured the United States broadcasting rights to the International Chess Federation's (FIDE's) 2021 world championship match between title holder Magnus Carlsen and Russian challenger Ian…
NFL

National Football League subsidiary NFL Media has bolstered its executive ranks with the hiring of three new vice presidents: Angela Ellis, Sandy Nunez, and Tony Cole
Motorsport

The NTT IndyCar Series and NBC Sports have announced a multiyear extension of their domestic media rights agreement in the United States, which includes two races streamed exclusively on Peacock.
NFL

Former National Football League quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning will front an alternative telecast for ESPN's Monday Night Football for 10 games a year over the next three seasons, the Walt Disney C…
Cricket

Cricket Australia has hired international sports marketing agency Octagon to serve as its exclusive media rights advisor in the United States, Canada, and Caribbean markets.
Rugby Sevens
Media

Premier Rugby Sevens, the upcoming United States-based rugby sevens league, has secured a domestic rights deal with Fox Sports
Football
Media

American Hispanic media company Univision has secured the Spanish-language rights in the United States to the leading domestic soccer leagues in South America, the Brasileirão Championship and Argentina’s Lig…
NFL

Current sales pacing for NFL title game running far ahead of industry norms
Football

Football-based media platform OneFootball has secured an agreement with rights agency and production group Mediapro, the international sales partner of Mexican top-tier Liga MX, for exclusive rights to…
Football

Data and technology company Genius Sports has expanded its association with Canadian football through a new strategic partnership with Mediapro Canada, which manages global and domestic media rights to…
Baseball

Viewership lift caps off a successful week of events for league
Football

The Euro 2020 final averaged 6.488 million viewers on ESPN, making it the most-watched European Championship game ever in the United States
Olympic Games

Network, corporate parent Comcast plan extensive series of coverage enhancements
Motorsport

Electric off-road motorsport series Extreme E has struck a highlights rights deal with Australian free-to-air broadcaster Seven
Baseball

Event boosted by the presence of Ohtani, homer-friendly ballpark
Multi-sport

SportsMax, the pay-television broadcaster in the Caribbean, has appointed chief financial officer Nick Matthews as its new chief executive, replacing the long-serving Oliver McIntosh
Baseball

Highly paid commentator apologizes for series of xenophobic remarks about MLB star