North America

The World Series of Fighting mixed martial arts series has unveiled a new pay-per-view revenue sharing model that will see a share of the revenue generated from each broadcast distributed to fighters.

Nascar Digital Media, the media arm of North American stock car-racing series Nascar, has agreed a deal with YouTube to stream complete race replays on the video-sharing website.

Canadian pay-television broadcaster Rogers Communications’ acquisition of the English-language regional rights to Montreal Canadiens games this month was driven by its desire to offer the full complement of Canadiens games in English on mobile and online platforms.

The National Cable Television Cooperative in the US has agreed a distribution deal with pay-television sports broadcaster Universal Sports Network.

US sports broadcaster ESPN is to broadcast coverage of the 2014 World Cup of Pool to audiences in the country.

US cable-television operator Time Warner Cable has agreed a deal with independent broadcast station KDOC that will allow all local fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers to watch the MLB baseball team’s final six regular season games.

US satellite television provider DirecTV has said that it expects to seal an extension to its key rights deal with the NFL American football league by the end of the year.

The Big East Conference college sports organisation has partnered with the Fox Sports division of US network Fox to launch a new digital channel offering free live streaming of 80-100 events annually.

ESPN president John Skipper has said that the US pay-television sports broadcaster would like to be offered as part of smaller as well as larger cable-television packages.

US sports broadcaster Universal Sports Network, a subsidiary of media company NBCUniversal, has signed a media partnership with Richmond 2015 for the US city’s staging of next year’s UCI Road World Championships cycling event.

Boxing television rights distributor and sports marketing firm Octapixx Live has been selected to exclusively market the international broadcast rights for Warriors Boxing Promotions’ upcoming world championship cards in the US on October 4 and November 1.

Canadian telecommunications company Rogers Communications plans to stream live coverage of 1,000 NHL ice hockey games for free to its wireless and broadband internet subscribers during the 2014-15 season.

Private equity company Bridgepoint Capital could exploit the global expansion ambitions of the two major US sports marketing companies – WME/IMG and CAA – to secure a price in excess of €1bn ($1.32bn) for the Infront Sports & Media agency, experts say.

Canadian pay-television broadcaster Rogers Sportsnet has acquired the English-language regional rights for games featuring the Montreal Canadiens NHL ice hockey team.

North American pay-television broadcaster One World Sports has sealed a new rights deal for the Kontinental Hockey League Russia-based ice hockey club tournament.

The IMG agency has acquired exclusive international media rights for events operated by Concacaf, the governing body of football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.