Caribbean
Perform takes English cricket to North America and Caribbean
Sports media company Perform has agreed a four-year deal with the England & Wales Cricket Board to deliver live and on-demand coverage of the England cricket team’s home international matches to North America and the Caribbean.
Canoc picks up Rio 2016 Olympic rights in the Caribbean
Canoc Broadcasting Inc. (CBI), a company that has been formed by sports bodies in the Caribbean for handling media rights for major properties, has acquired media rights for the 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Uefa launches club competitions tender in US and Caribbean
Uefa, football’s European governing body, has invited bids for the media rights in the United States and Caribbean to the Champions League, Europa League and Super Cup club competitions.
WICB to provide free-to-air coverage of women’s cricket series
The West Indies Cricket Board has partnered with free-to-air broadcaster the Caribbean Media Corporation to provide live television coverage of the first ever international women’s tri-nation series hosted in the region.
Fox Sports gets behind WBC’s World Cup of Boxing
The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has signed a multi-platform agreement with the World Boxing Council sanctioning body for the rights to the new WBC World Cup of Professional Boxing event.
CPL boasts global reach for inaugural edition
Organisers of the Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament have confirmed broadcasters in India, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean and the US will cover the inaugural event.
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.
Dominican Olympic body to launch new sports channel
ECB upbeat about North American rights
ECB bullish about growth in North America
Canada not a big draw in Canada
IPL model won’t work for smaller boards, experts say
Sky sees off BT challenge with new Windies deal
BT pushes Sky on Windies deal
Concacaf secures its future and looks for growth abroad
Big rights-fee increases continue but key Middle East talks drag on
Premier League enjoys massive increases in more key territories but cooling Middle East market provides a major challenge
Windies slow decline confirmed
New West Indies deal reflects changing world order in cricket
Premier League completes overseas rights hat-trick
Premier League set for windfall in booming Americas
The Premier League chose to start its international sales in the Americas with good reason: bidding wars are expected in the US and Brazil
ESS makes $100m profit on ICC
Deal in Australia takes ESS over $100m profit threshold for global ICC rights sales