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CBS, AT&T secure new carriage deal
The CBS network and telco AT&T have signed a multi-year carriage agreement, through which CBS-owned local broadcast stations and the CBS Sports Network will be made available on AT&T video platforms across…
YouTube TV secures carriage deal for ACC Network
YouTube TV, the OTT service operated by Google-owned video-sharing website YouTube, has announced it will carry the ESPN-owned ACC Network channel when the latter launches later this month
Disney details Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu bundle offer
The Walt Disney Company has announced details of a $12.99 (€11.61) bundle that will provide access to the Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu streaming services.
Twitch named exclusive live streaming partner of USA Basketball
Twitch has been named the exclusive live streaming partner of USA Basketball, in a deal announced by the governing body and the National Basketball Association.
FREE | US College Data Report, 2019
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the media-rights landscape of US College sports.
FloSports to show UMass American football
OTT platform FloSports has acquired rights for University of Massachusetts home American football games.
The deal will cover the 2019 and 2020 seasons
BeIN maintains Comcast battle with latest FCC appeal
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has resumed its battle with US telco Comcast by calling on the Federal Communications Commission to review an earlier decision on the carriage dispute between the…
ISB appointed host broadcaster of 2021 World Games
Madrid-headquartered International Sports Broadcasting (ISB) has been announced as the host broadcaster for the 2021 edition of the World Games multi-sport event, which will be staged in the US city of…
ESPN+ to acquire Bundesliga rights from 2020 – report
Direct-to-consumer streaming service ESPN+ is close to adding the Bundesliga to its array of global soccer rights in the United States, according to the New York Post
DAZN expands beyond subscriber base with Twitter-based episode of ‘ChangeUp’
Special event on social media network marks the first time the MLB program has been shown to non-subscribers since March debut
US College Sport Data Report, 2019
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the media-rights landscape of US College sports.
NBCUniversal and Twitter agree to content partnership for Tokyo Olympics
NBCUniversal and Twitter are partnering for the 2020Â Tokyo Olympics to show limited live event coverage, highlights, and a daily studio show on the @NBCOlympics handle during the Summer Games.
NBCUniversal projecting over $1.2bn in ad sales from Tokyo 2020
U.S mass-media conglomerate NBCUniversal is expecting to bring in more than $1
Big Ten Network shifts streaming content to Fox Sports app
The Big Ten Network (BTN) is shutting down its BTN2Go OTT platform and will move all its network content to the Fox Sports app, including games, studio shows and original programming
PGA Tour expands live coverage for OTT platform
Golf’s PGA Tour has expanded the content available through its OTT platform by adding early-round featured groups coverage from seven events between September and December.
IMG lands Fortnite World Cup distribution, production deal
Epic Games, developer and publisher of the Fortnite game franchise, has appointed the IMG agency to produce and distribute the first Fortnite World Cup esports competition
Univision Deportes’ TUDN rebrand “much more than cosmetic change”
Hispanic media company Univision Communications' rebranding of its sports operations to TUDN is an attempt to make its presence in the United States and Mexico greater than the sum of its parts, its president…
World TeamTennis reveals new partnerships, including China streaming deal
US franchise-based competition World TeamTennis has detailed a raft of broadcast and digital media agreements for its 2019 seasons, including a first streaming deal in China