North America

Multiple Sports
Media

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced that streaming service Peacock added five million paying subscribers in its fourth quarter of 2022, bringing the total subscriber base to 20 million
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Diamond Sports Group, the Sinclair Broadcast Group entity that operates the Bally Sports group of regional sports networks in the United States, is reportedly heading towards a $8.6bn (€7.8
US College Sport
Finance & Law

The University of Alabama's athletics department has extended its multimedia rights deal with Learfield in a 15-year agreement, marking one of the longest deals of its kind in American collegiate athletics
Horse Racing
Media

Rights distribution agency HBA Media has secured three new broadcasters for this year’s edition of US horse racing event the Pegasus World Cup. The $3m (€2.8m)
Multiple Sports
Host Broadcast & Production

Host Broadcast Services, the Infront-owned sports broadcast production company, has formed a North American subsidiary based in the US city of Miami, hiring long-serving DirecTV Latin America executive,…
Pickleball
Media

The Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) has announced broadcast deals with CBS Sports and ESPN as the league's fourth season gets underway
Basketball
Media

The National Basketball Association has signed a virtual reality-focused multiyear deal extension with global tech giant Meta
US College Sport
Finance & Law

The Pac-12 Conference has fired two senior executives after an independent investigation found that they failed to disclose overpayments by a distribution partner dating back to 2016
American Football
Host Broadcast & Production

As part of TSN's recent launch of its streaming service, TSN+, the broadcaster has announced augmented game feeds of its National Football League coverage during the playoffs and Super Bowl together with…
Golf
Media

LIV Golf has officially announced a multiyear United States rights deal with the entertainment-focused CW Network, ending the Saudi-backed breakaway tour's lengthy search for a broadcaster in a key international…
Golf
Media

LIV Golf's search for a broadcaster in the US market appears to have finally come to an end, with the Saudi-backed breakaway tour said to be on the brink of securing an agreement with the largely entertainment-focused…
Football
Media

The United States Soccer Federation has secured a multiyear, Spanish-language rights deal with the Comcast-owned Telemundo Deportes which will reportedly run through the 2026 Fifa World Cup in North America
Ice Hockey
Media

The National Hockey League and leading United States-based satellite and digital radio network SiriusXM have unveiled a long-term extension of their broadcasting agreement through the 2028-29 season
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

US digital media company Greenfly has become the latest organisation to enlist the services of sports broadcasting and technology veteran Peter Hutton
Multiple Sports
Media

Canadian broadcaster TSN has announced its own streaming platform TSN+ along with the acquisition of the rights to PGA Tour Live
Football
Governance

Ahead of the National Women's Soccer League's 2023 Draft, commissioner Jessica Berman addressed the ongoing media rights discussions, expansion, salary caps, and the fallout of investigations, with each…
Multiple Sports
Media

Streaming giant Netflix is continuing to grow its presence in the sports industry, ordering a pair of new docuseries on the 2022 men's Fifa World Cup and Six Nations Rugby
Baseball
Industry Moves

Major League Baseball has appointed veteran sports media executive Billy Chambers to the newly- created position of executive vice president of local media as the league looks to navigate the regional…