North America
Pacers picked up by regional broadcaster
US regional sports network Fox Sports Midwest acquired live rights for NBA basketball games featuring the Indiana Pacers
Fox takes control of Indians’ channel and rights
US broadcaster Fox Sports Media Group has purchased the Cleveland Indians’ regional cable-television sports channel SportsTime Ohio, along with the broadcast rights to the Major League Baseball team.
Sportsnet snaps up Tour de France rights
Canadian pay-television broadcaster Sportsnet has acquired exclusive domestic rights for the Tour de France cycling event in a six-year deal, from 2014 to 2019
Georgia Tech seals new deal with IMG College
The IMG agency’s college sports division, IMG College, has extended its multimedia rights deal with Georgia Tech Athletics, the sports department of the Georgia Institute of Technology university in t…
Fox to show live FA Cup matches
US network Fox will show live coverage of the English FA Cup, the country’s top knockout football tournament, for the first time next month.
ESPN signs deal for NFLPA Collegiate Bowl
US pay-television broadcaster ESPN acquired live rights to the National Football League Players Association Collegiate Bowl in a multi-year deal beginning in 2013
Golf Channel agrees deal for US college golf
US pay-television broadcaster the Golf Channel has acquired live rights to the National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s and women’s division one golf championship in a multi-year deal which begins in …
Dodgers in talks with MLB over TV deal
Major League Baseball franchise the Los Angeles Dodgers has opened talks with the league over a potential new regional television deal with US broadcasters Fox Sports or Time Warner Cable, according to…
Learfield seals Illinois production partnership
The Learfield Sports agency has agreed an exclusive multimedia production and distribution rights deal for the University of Illinois’s intercollegiate sports events in the US.
Dodgers consider own regional network
Major League Baseball franchise the Los Angeles Dodgers are considering creating their own regional sports broadcaster in partnership with entertainment production company Dick Clark Productions, according…
CBS expands Professional Bull Riders coverage
CBS Sports, a division of US network CBS, has renewed an exclusive domestic rights deal for events staged by the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) organisation in the US
NBC Sports strikes digital partnership with Yahoo Sports
The NBC Sports division of US media group NBCUniversal has struck a content and promotional deal with internet company Yahoo Sports
Ecuavisa to take Ecuadorian football to US
Ecuadorian commercial broadcaster Ecuavisa has agreed rights deals with several of the country’s football teams for coverage that will be shown on the Ecuavisa Internacional channel in the United States.
Iowa State University channel gets carriage on Mediacom
Cable-television broadcast operator Mediacom has agreed a carriage deal with the Iowa State University’s athletics department for its dedicated sports channel Cyclones.tv.
Full steam ahead for Team and CAA Eleven as Uefa strategy takes shape
Team renews with Uefa as CAA Eleven continues headhunt; Big increases across the globe for Uefa club competitions
US sports TV subscribers sue leagues and broadcasters
US pay-television subscribers have been granted permission to pursue a lawsuit accusing several television networks, the Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League of antitrust violations related…
Universal moves production operations to Denver
US sports broadcaster Universal Sports Network, a subsidiary of the NBC network, will relocate its production and broadcast operations from Los Angeles, California, to Denver, Colorado, in the new year
Bell adds NBA programming to mobile television service
Canadian telecommunication company Bell has agreed a deal to add NBA content to its mobile television service