North America

Streaming service FloSports has secured rights in the US to the International Ice Hockey Federation’s 2019 Men’s World Championship.

Tennis Channel and the US Tennis Association, in conjunction with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, have agreed a three-year deal to makes the pay-television broadcaster the exclusive broadcaster…

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has made a significant move into sports betting through an agreement with Stars Group that will lead to the launch of Fox Bet, the first-of-its-kind national media…

Hispanic media company Univision Communications has said it will rebrand its US pay-television broadcaster Univision Deportes as ‘TUDN’. T

To deal with the twin threats of changing consumer behaviour and piracy, sports media needs to take more combined action and create more unique content

US broadcaster Stadium has acquired rights in the country to the UK’s WOS Wrestling series, the parties announced Tuesday.

Streaming service FloSports has signed a four-year deal with the US-based Colonial Athletic Association for live and on-demand rights to the college conference’s roster of 22 sports, including its American f…

US sports broadcaster ESPN has agreed a deal to become a national rights partner of the Arena Football League. The contract covers all of the US-based league’s 2019 regular-season games.

OTT streaming service DAZN has hired Jamie Horowitz, a former ESPN and Fox Sports executive, to the newly-created role of executive vice-president of content for North America, according to multiple reports

The XFL has agreed multi-year rights deals with US sports broadcaster ESPN and the Fox Sports division of the Fox network as the new American football league prepares for its 2020 launch

Sinclair Broadcasting Group has confirmed the acquisition of 21 Fox regional sports networks from US media giant Disney in a deal worth $10.6bn (€9.5bn).

Sinclair Broadcasting Group is on the brink of acquiring 21 Fox regional sports networks from Disney in a deal worth more than $10bn (€8.94bn).

NBC Sports is growing its footprint in sports betting with this weekend's Kentucky Derby coverage

US telco Verizon will expand its streaming-rights deal with the NFL to incorporate the Yahoo Fantasy Football app on smartphones and tablets from the 2019 season

FanDuel Group, the US sports betting operator, has become the first in the country to agree a deal for betting streaming rights

Twitter has extended content partnerships with MLS and the NFL as part of a series of announcements at a presentation to advertising executives in New York