North America

Multi-sport

Facebook has finally emerged as a major player in the global sports rights-market Acquisition strategy is highly targeted, with India and Latin America among priorities
Boxing

The heavyweight boxing rematch between Dillian Whyte and Dereck Chisora will be broadcast in the US on Showtime, despite the partnership between the fight’s promoter Matchroom and the streaming service D…
Football

Spanish-language channels operated by Univision Deportes accounted for 53 per cent of all football television audiences in the US during the latest quarter, according to Soccer America
Football

Every English FA Cup third round match will be streamed in the United States for the first time this season.
Cricket

Star India’s channels will be withdrawn from US pay-television platforms in the New Year, with the broadcaster opting to push its programming through its Hotstar OTT service in the country.
Basketball

Amazon has added its first live-sports subscription service to its Prime Video channels by making the NBA League Pass package available to viewers in the United States.
Baseball

As widely expected, Fox Sports and ESPN will broadcast one game each from the Major League Baseball London Series between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees next summer

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has opted to resume its US carriage battle with Comcast by refiling a complaint against the media company with the Federal Communications Commission
Volleyball

Sports-streaming service FloSports has partnered with sports and betting-related services company Sportradar to provide coverage of a range of volleyball events
American Football

Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, who is Twitch’s most popular live-streaming gamer, will provide play-by-play analysis of tonight's Thursday Night Football action on the Amazon Prime Video-owned channel. Th
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

Asian mixed martial arts promotion the One Championship has reportedly agreed a US rights deal with the Turner Sports division of media company Turner. ESPN

Entertainer Ice Cube has fuelled rumours that he is part of an investment group interested in buying some of the US Regional Sports Networks that are part of the Fox/Disney asset sale
Mixed Martial Arts

Pay-television broadcasters TSN and RDS have agreed a new multi-year extension of its media-rights deal with the UFC
Football

FOX's over-the-air coverage of Saturday's MLS Cup between Atlanta and Portland netted an average of 1.5 million viewers earning a 1.2 Nielsen rating.
Baseball

ESPN's nationally-televised Sunday night Major League Baseball games will be moved back an hour – from 8pm Eastern Time to 7pm – in large part to appease players and fans.
Basketball

The NBA is extending its move into micro-payments by reportedly making League Pass games available for purchase by the quarter. Games which cost $6.99 will be on offer for $4.
Football

Streaming platform DAZN has reportedly picked up rights to the English Premier League from 2019-20, taking over from incumbent telco Bell
Football

Approximately 10,000 American soccer fans applied to participate in the Premier League Mornings Live fan fest – a joint commercial venture between NBC Sports and the Premier League – in Manhattan on Sat…