North America

Canadian pay-television broadcaster Sportsnet has agreed a deal to purchase the Grand Slam of Curling series from event organiser Insight Sports Ltd

US pay-television broadcaster ESPN has acquired US and international rights for Major League Baseball for eight years, from 2014 to 2021, in a deal worth $5.6 billion (€4.5

Al Jazeera-owned pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport, recently launched in the US, has acquired rights to the US national men’s football team away qualifiers for the 2014 Fifa World Cup.

Fox Deportes, the US Spanish language pay-television broadcaster, has acquired rights for North American motor-racing series Nascar

Grand Prix Sports, a division of the Grand Prix Entertainment agency, has acquired global broadcast rights for professional men’s and women’s indoor volleyball events organised by the USA Volleyball nat…

US pay-television channel Spike TV has agreed a deal with the K-1 kickboxing series for live streaming to four events in 2012, and television coverage for the 2013 season

US media group NBCUniversal set new internet streaming audience records during its coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games. According to the Multichannel News website, NBCU attracted 159

Al Jazeera-owned pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport has launched in the US after securing a carriage deal with satellite pay-television broadcaster DirecTV

US broadcaster Fox has renewed its deal with Concacaf, the governing body of football in North and Central America and the Caribbean, for rights to the federation’s Champions League club competition a…

Canadian pay-television broadcaster Sportsnet has acquired rights to a number of Fifa events, including the 2014 Fifa World Cup, in a sublicensing deal with rights-holder CBC, the public-service broadcaster…

US broadcaster the Wealth Television Cable Network has acquired live domestic rights for a 12-event package of boxing from the Hennessy Sports and Gym Promotions promotional companies in deals that will…

Steve Bellamy, the founder of US pay-television broadcasters the Tennis Channel and the Ski Channel, announced the launch of a new channel dedicated to beach, water and board sports

US network NBC has renewed its rights agreement with the Fédération Française de Tennis, the French tennis federation, for rights to the French Open, until 2024.

US pay-television broadcaster HRTV has purchased rights for horse racing’s Breeders’ Cup in what has been described as a “multi-year deal” with Breeders’ Cup Limited, owner of the thoroughbred racing se…

North American pay-television channel Gol TV has acquired rights for the final of the US Open Cup knockout football competition in a three-year deal, from 2012 to 2014

Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC has acquired domestic rights for the 2014 winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, and the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

NBCUniversal chief executive Steve Burke said he expects the US media group to break even on its coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games despite earlier expectations of making a loss

Mark Lazarus, the chairman of the NBC Sports division of US network NBC, has defended the broadcaster’s decision to show delayed coverage of some London 2012 Olympic Games events during primetime on N…