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The World Baseball Softball Confederation has said broadcast and online rights agreements covering 84 countries and territories have been reached for the upcoming Women's Softball World Championship

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has sold its rights separately in the Caribbean for the first time, earning a strong increase on their previous allocated value in the region.

International sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights in the Caribbean to events organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board.

Pay-television broadcaster SportsMax and telco Digicel have secured rights to the 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournament across the Caribbean through a sublicensing deal with pan-regional pay-television broadcaster DirecTV.

Caribbean pay-television broadcaster Flow Sports has acquired rights for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.

Concacaf believes its multi-event deal with Flow Sports will lead to “evolution on and off the field” for Caribbean football, as local clubs will have a consistent broadcast platform upon which to commercialise their operations

Caribbean pay-television broadcaster Flow Sports has launched a new channel amid a wider rebranding of its portfolio in the region.

US telco Verizon has agreed a wide-ranging media-rights partnership with the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf).

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) has agreed a wide-ranging multi-year rights deal with Caribbean pay-television broadcaster Flow Sports.

International sports broadcaster ESPN has enhanced its tennis coverage in Latin America and the Caribbean by agreeing a new rights deal with men’s tour the ATP.

SportsMax and Flow’s decision to bid jointly for Uefa club competition rights suggests there may be a cooling off period for sports rights in the Caribbean.

Pay-television broadcasters Flow Sports and SportsMax have agreed deals to share rights to club football competitions the Uefa Champions League and Europa League in the Caribbean.

US wrestling organisation WWE has agreed a multi-year rights deal with Flow, a Caribbean-facing television brand operated by media company Liberty Global.

The Caribbean Premier League has secured a series of rights deals for this year’s edition of the Twenty20 cricket tournament.

The PGA of America has furthered its new rights strategy for the PGA Championship in the UK, by stating that live streaming of the 2017 edition of the US golf major will be available via social media platforms Facebook and Twitter.

UK production company Sunset+Vine has been named as the host broadcast producer for this year’s edition of the Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament.

The Bermuda Broadcasting Company has acquired rights to the 35th edition of the America’s Cup sailing event, which will take place in the country later this year.

Mexican media company AYM Sports has entered into a production partnership with the North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA).