North America
Michigan-Ohio State clash draws record-level viewership
Rivalry generates Fox Sports' biggest regular season college football audience ever
Former Omnigon, iX.co executives form Next League
Tech services firm to have heightened focus on relationships, culture
ESPN to offer inaugural monetized sports Twitter Space as fundraiser for V Foundation
ESPN will become the first sports organization to monetize a Twitter Space on December 2 when listeners will pay a $0.99 entry donation to benefit The V Foundation for cancer research
US Polo Association secures wide-ranging ESPN rights deal
The United States Polo Association has secured a landmark domestic media rights deal with ESPN, which will will bring the finals of the top seven US and World Championship polo events in 2022 to the sports…
NLL secures multiyear Grabyo extension
The National Lacrosse League has secured a multiyear extension with cloud video production platform Grabyo ahead of the 2021-22 season
KHL lands OTT streaming coverage on Portable.TV in Sportfive deal
OTT streaming platform Portable.TV has secured worldwide streaming rights to the Kontinental Hockey League and will show a mixture of highlights and full-length games.
Portable
Disney annual report: ESPN loses another 8 million subscribers
Cord-cutting phenomenon continues to hit US sports media titan
Cowboys-Raiders Thanksgiving game delivers historic audience
US holiday matchup projects to be NFL's most-watched regular season game since 1990
PGA Tour details extensive purse increases for 2022
Commissioner Monahan outlines in memo to players plans for widespread pay boosts
NWSL secures long-term Nike agreement and short-term CBS extension
The National Women’s Soccer League and leading sportswear manufacturer Nike have signed a long-term extension agreement, which is "the largest" commercial partnership in league history.
WAVE.tv, FloSports unveil combat sports-focused partnership
WAVE.tv, the California-based digital sports media company, and US streaming service FloSports have expanded their partnership with a focus on the FloWrestling and FloGrappling verticals
Infront, StreamAMG launch Ski and Snowboard Live OTT platform in US market
The Infront agency has teamed up with StreamAMG, the sports streaming and technology company, to launch Ski and Snowboard Live, a new direct-to-consumer streaming service for the US market
NBC Sports retains US Premier League rights in record six-year, $2.7bn deal
NBC Sports has retained the United States media rights to the Premier League amid fierce competition in a record-setting deal which covers the 2022-23 season through 2027-28
Sinclair strikes Dish Network carriage deal, but not for RSNs
Agreement presents further stress on an already-challenged RSN business
Fiba seals Canadian broadcast deal with Sportsnet
Fiba, the world basketball governing body, has grown its footprint in North America by signing a long-term agreement with Canadian pay-television broadcaster Sportsnet
Indian sports tech firm Edisn.ai acquired by fuboTV
US-based sports streaming platform fuboTV has acquired Bengaluru-based sports technology firm Edisn.ai
Second-round deadline set in Premier League’s US rights auction
The outcome of the auction of US broadcast rights to the Premier League will not be known for at least another week after the tender process went to a second round
FuboTV acquires French streaming company Molotov, revenues hit record $156.7m
US-based sports streaming platform fuboTV has entered into a binding agreement to acquire French live-TV streaming company Molotov SAS and posted record revenues of $156.7m (€135.4