Global
Global

Isle of Man-based sports television distributor Greenlight International has agreed a multi-year deal to become the worldwide media rights distributor for the North American National Hot Rod Association’s Mello Yellow Drag Racing Series of motor-racing events.

Cricket
Global

Over-the-top content provider YuppTV has acquired exclusive digital streaming rights to the 2016 Asia Cup national team cricket tournament across a host of markets.

Kickboxing
Global

The Glory World Series kickboxing series has entered into a partnership with Fight Pass, mixed martial arts’ Ultimate Fighting Championship online viewing subscription service.

Golf
Global

Golf’s PGA Tour has agreed a strategic partnership with internet company Yahoo to deliver free, live, and on-demand video content from its tournaments to fans around the world.

Multi-sport
Global

The International Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has launched a new digital platform that will show coverage of its events.

Basketball
Europe

Decisions made by national basketball federations to commit clubs to a new Fiba-run competition could scupper IMG’s hopes of refinancing its 10-season, €630m ($682m) joint venture with the Euroleague.

Olympic Games
Global

South Korean electronics company Samsung will deliver Olympic content in virtual reality for the first time during the upcoming winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway.

Basketball
Global

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has signed a wide-ranging strategic partnership with digital sports content and media group Perform that is set to be worth a guaranteed sum of close to €500m ($541.1m).

Darts
Global

Sports and betting-related services company Sportradar has expanded a partnership with the Professional Darts Corporation to include coverage of its events.

Cricket
Global

A new online streaming platform has been introduced ahead of the inaugural edition of Twenty20 cricket competition the Pakistan Super League.

Golf
Global

Golf’s PGA Tour has entered into global partnerships with action camera manufacturer GoPro and internet video network SkratchTV that aim to deliver never-before-seen perspectives and episodic video content to fans around the world.

Football
Global

Football fans are running the “extremely dangerous” risk of putting their devices and personal privacy in jeopardy through accessing free streams of games, according to a new report into such services authored by researchers from Belgian university KU Leuven and New York-based counterpart Stony Brook University.

Multi-sport
Global

Unscriptd, an athlete media company that aims to help professional athletes create and publish their unfiltered personal stories in short-form video format, has launched with the backing of some of the leading stars of world sport.

Rugby Union
Global

Southern hemisphere rugby rights have increased significantly in global value, driven by explosive growth in the UK, France and the Middle East, and supported by strong returns in difficult core markets.

Cricket
Global

Weak returns for the Masters Champions League, a Twenty20 tournament contested by cricket legends and hosted in the UAE, may reflect an Indian market reaching saturation with the format
Football
Global

A victory for Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa in Fifa presidential election could have major repercussions on the sale of Asian Football Confederation media rights.

Golf
Global

Golf’s PGA Tour has said its digital over-the-top subscription service, PGA Tour Live, will expand its service to cover the global market.
Global

World Rally Championship commercial rights-holder WRC Promoter has said the 2016 season of the motor racing series will be screened in more than 150 markets following the confirmation of a series of broadcast agreements.