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BeIN Media Group has confirmed a four-year deal for rights to the South American Football Confederation’s (Conmebol’s) club tournaments across a host of markets in which it operates.

Sunday's NFL conference championship games resulted in massive ratings for CBS and Fox after they both went to overtime

The ESPN+ streaming service gained 568,000 new subscribers on Friday and Saturday combined – and over 525,000 on Saturday alone – directly from the onset of ESPN's new UFC rights deal.

Major League Baseball franchise the Chicago Cubs has confirmed it will launch its own regional sports network in 2020, adding that it could partner with another team in the venture

The NBA is partnering with Turner Sports and Yahoo Sports to produce a live nightly show designed for mobile viewers.

US sports-focused OTT streaming service FuboTV has agreed a carriage deal with pay-television broadcaster Tennis Channel

Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns 191 local television stations across the United States, have launched an OTT platform known as STIRR which will offer sporting content

NBA referees will take questions and interact with fans via social media during two nationally televised matches next week

NBC Sports Group has signed a multi-year agreement with Topgolf Entertainment to integrate Toptracer ball-tracking technology in all 18 holes of its PGA Tour telecasts.

US media company NBCUniversal has revealed plans to launch a new streaming platform in 2020, as well as detailing a significant reshuffling of senior staff, including Mark Lazarus, chairman of NBC Broadcasting…

Ice Cube’s Big3 basketball league is looking for a new television deal following the end of a two-year contract with Fox Sports.

ESPN+, Disney's OTT sports subscription service, has added two new offerings for US customers

The Fox regional sports networks (RSNs) saga took another twist on Friday when it emerged that 21st Century Fox has pulled out of the running to buy them back from Disney.

CBS has sold more than 90 per cent of its Super Bowl advertising slots with just under a month to go before the marquee event, president and chief advertising revenue officer Jo Ann Ross revealed.

Twitter will live-stream the second halves of 20 NBA games which air on TNT this season through a single-player, isolated camera view.

Clemson's blowout victory over Alabama in the College Football Playoff title game on Monday evening proved a ratings disappointment. The game at Levi's Stadium drew a 14.