North America

Multiple Sports

Barstool Sports is further expanding its presence in the United States sports and media industry by developing a branded sports channel on prominent streaming platform Sling TV
Football
Media

The Canadian arm of the Mediapro rights agency and production group has reached an agreement with fuboTV to include its OneSoccer streaming service on the sports-focused streaming platform
Golf

The PGA Tour has reportedly secured a deal with global streaming service Netflix to launch a behind-the-scenes docuseries featuring several of the organization's top golfers. According to Golf
Football

Canada's final qualifiers for the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar will gain a far greater domestic audience after a deal was struck for Sportsnet to simulcast OneSoccer's coverage of the matches on linear…
NFL

Kids-themed production to return during Wild Card weekend in January
Cricket

ESPN+ has become the new streaming home for Indian Premier League cricket in the United States in the wake of a Walt Disney Co
Baseball
Media

RSN posts extensive series of audience gains during team's run of torrid play
Football

The 2021 Major League Soccer All-Star Game proved a mixed success on domestic television in the United States, gaining record ratings on the Spanish-language Univision/TUDN but historic lows for the English-language…
Multiple Sports
Media

WAVE.tv, the California-based digital sports media company, has initiated a recruitment process for a director of rights partnerships to lead its negotiations with sports rights-holders, media companies and “other IP owners” worldwide.
Athletics
Media

United States-based subscription streaming platform FloSports has secured the media rights to the Virgin Money London Marathon in North America and Australia, starting this year
Multiple Sports
Media

Fox Sports is amplifying its efforts to compete in the crowded and competitive United States streaming landscape by unveiling its new Sports on Tubi platform
Football
Media

Major League Soccer is enjoying healthy domestic television ratings at its midseason point in 2021, with audiences up across ABC/ESPN, Fox Sports, and Univision from the corresponding points in the calendar…
Triathlon
Media

The Professional Triathletes Organisation has broadened the Collins Cup’s reach in the US through an agreement with media group Outside, while pay-television broadcaster and telco StarHub has acquired r…
Football

ViacomCBS will provide Italian-language commentary for its Serie A games on streaming service Paramount+ when its new United States rights deal kicks off this weekend
Football

Sports-focused streaming service and channel aggregator fuboTV has acquired multi-year rights in Canada to Serie A, the top tier of club football in Italy, as well as the Coppa Italia cup competition
Basketball

Buzzer, the startup live sports mobile app, has continued its expansion by securing a deal with the Women's National Basketball Association to distribute live game content on its platform
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Canadian pay-television sports broadcaster TSN posted a record pre-tax profit of C$118.6m ($94m/€80.2m) for the 2020 broadcast year, despite the difficulties posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
NFL
Host Broadcast & Production

Online retail and streaming giant Amazon has hired Mike Muriano, formerly of NFL Network, to lead its US-based live sports production