North America
Adidas, Twitter support high-school streaming initiative
Sportswear company Adidas has announced a partnership with Twitter that will allow live coverage of high school American football games to be streamed on the social media platform this fall
ESPN+ adds more football leagues to portfolio
US sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights to top-tier club football competitions the Dutch Eredivisie and Chinese Super League, along with Australia’s A-League and W-League.
Sinclair-Tribune merger collapses
Sinclair Broadcast Group’s $3.9bn (€3.6bn
FloSports adds Vuelta to cycling portfolio
Sports-streaming service FloSports has acquired rights in Canada to cycling Grand Tour event the Vuelta a España.
Televisa shareholders take legal action
Shareholders of Televisa have launched legal action against the Mexican media company after claiming they have lost “hundreds of millions of dollars” after the business allegedly paid bribes to secure Fif…
ESPN pounces for Serie A rights in US
Sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights in the US for Serie A, the top division of Italian club football.
The length of the multi-year deal, which begins with the 2018-19 season, was not disclosed
DAZN Canada unveils carriage deals for NFL coverage
DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has secured carriage deals with a number of pay-television platforms in the country, including telcos Bell and Rogers
FCC dismisses beIN Sports’ carriage complaint
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has suffered a fresh blow in its ongoing carriage battle in the US after the Federal Communications Commission dismissed a complaint it had filed against media company…
ESPN hails ‘historic’ Top Rank deal
US sports broadcaster ESPN has signed a seven-year rights deal with boxing promoter Top Rank in what it claims is the most comprehensive and exclusive rights agreement in the history of the sport.
FloSports adds SIAC to college sports roster
Sports-streaming service FloSports has agreed a multi-year rights deal with college sports organisation the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
DAZN eyes original programming to fill schedules
DAZN, the OTT platform operated by digital sports media company Perform, is to produce original lifestyle content in a bid to fill its schedule amid its international expansion plan
PGA Tour Live ‘evolves’ with NBC Sports partnership
Golf’s PGA Tour has today (Tuesday) struck a multi-year digital partnership with the NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal for its OTT subscription video service, PGA Tour Live.
Twitter promotes Adeshola to lead US sports interests
Social media company Twitter has promoted TJ Adeshola to the role of head of US sports as it continues a reorganisation of its global content partnerships group
NFLPA invests in sports streaming challenger
Live-streaming platform SportsCastr has received investment from the players’ union of American football league the NFL.
World Dodgeball Association signs global rights partner ahead of New York showpiece
The World Dodgeball Association has entered into a multi-year global rights partnership with the Protocol Sports Marketing agency
NFL extends Snapchat partnership
American football league the NFL has extended and expanded its partnership with Snap Inc., the parent company of social media platform Snapchat
Record reach secured for Women’s Softball World Championship
The World Baseball Softball Confederation has said broadcast and online rights agreements covering 84 countries and territories have been reached for the upcoming Women's Softball World Championship
Eleven Sports signs US-focused partnership with FloSports
Sports-streaming service FloSports has reached an agreement with international sports broadcaster Eleven Sports to distribute a programming feed of a range of events to its subscribers in the United States