North America

Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC will no longer bid for the rights to professional sports events as it seeks to cut C$130m (€85.5m/$117.8m) from its budget this year.

Golf

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB and public-service broadcaster the BBC have signed multi-year extensions to their rights deals for the US Masters golf tournament.

Lacrosse

US competition Major League Lacrosse has agreed an extension to its regional rights partnership with MSG Networks, the pay-television channel owned by New York sports venue Madison Square Gardens.

ACC Digital Network, the official digital video network of college sport’s Atlantic Coast Conference, has launched on online retailer and technology company Amazon’s Fire TV service.

Football

US pay-television broadcaster One World Sports has extended and expanded its partnership with the New York Cosmos football club.

Cricket

Pay-television broadcaster One World Sports has announced a multi-platform agreement to carry every home match of the England national cricket team through 2017 in North America.

American Football

US sports broadcaster ESPN has agreed six-year rights deal for the Gator Bowl annual college American football game.

Horse Racing

US horseracing pay-television broadcaster TVG has struck a multi-year rights deal with the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

Mixed Martial Arts

UK mixed martial arts promotion Bamma has announced a rights deal with ESPN3 - the online streaming service of US sports broadcaster ESPN.

Management services company Stealth SME has acquired a number of media and sports management groups to form Stealth Sports, a new sports agency in the US.

Motorsport

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US media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has held talks with potential partners over possible joint bids for premium sports rights, according to chief executive David Zaslav.

Golf

North American pay-television broadcaster One World Sports has renewed a rights deal for tournaments operated by golf’s OneAsia tour.

Boxing

US sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired the exclusive rights to the heavyweight boxing fight between Bermane Stiverne and Chris Arreola for the WBC world title in Los Angeles on May 8.

Golf

The NBC Sports Group division of media company NBCUniversal has expanded an existing deal with the PGA of America sanctioning body to show live coverage of the 2014 Ryder Cup international golf tournament.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports, which is owned by Qatari pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera, has extended its reach in the Canadian market by agreeing carriage deals with telecommunications companies Bell and Rogers.

Action Sports

The NBC Sports Group, part of US media company NBCUniversal, has extended a rights deal with media company Red Bull Media House for the Red Bull Signature Series action sports series.

The USA Today Sports Media Group has enhanced its college sports video capabilities by entering into a strategic partnership with internet video technology provider NeuLion.