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Rai, Sky and BBC among first wave of America’s Cup broadcasters
A raft of broadcast rights contracts signed for sailing’s 36th America’s Cup include deals with both public-service and pay-television broadcasters in Italy and the UK, as a priority is placed on maximum exp…
Amazon plans enhanced features for Thursday night NFL streaming
Online retail and video streaming giant Amazon is rolling out a series of new features and original programming for the October 8 start of its Thursday Night Football streaming for the National Football…
Yankees, Dodgers get primetime slots for MLB Division Series
Major League Baseball be prominently featuring the New York Yankees and Los Angeles, perennially two of the league’s most popular clubs, during this week’s Division Series playoffs, with each team to …
IndyCar secures record nine races on main NBC network in 2021
The NTT IndyCar Series will feature a record nine races on the NBC broadcast network in 2021
Fox Sports strikes multiyear media rights deal with The Spring League
US network Fox Sports has signed a multiyear media-rights deal with professional developmental American football league The Spring League
DAZN Canada brings advertising sales in-house
DAZN Media North America, the sales and advertising division of the subscription sports streaming service, has brought all media sales operations in-house in Canada
Buzzer advances sports rights vision with $4m seed funding
Buzzer, a new mobile platform for live sports founded by Twitter’s former head of live sports rights acquisition, Bo Han, has advanced its development plans by closing a $4m (€3.4m) seed funding round.
YouTube TV drops Sinclair-owned Fox RSNs again as carriage dispute rumbles on
Streaming service YouTube TV has announced it will drop 19 Fox-branded regional sports networks owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group from October 1 after the two parties failed to reach terms on a renewal …
MLB unveils 2020 postseason marketing campaign
Major League Baseball this week is unveiling a new postseason marketing campaign featuring popular entertainer DJ Khaled
MLB to be seen on ABC for first time since 1995
Major League Baseball this week will be seen on the ABC broadcast network in the United States for the first time since 1995 as the league’s newly expanded playoffs begin.
MLS, Pluto TV extend content agreement
Major League Soccer and Pluto TV, the free, ad-supported streaming service owned by US media group ViacomCBS, have announced a multiyear extension of their content agreement.
MLB finalizes seven-year rights extension with Turner
Major League Baseball has finalized a seven-year media-rights deal with Turner Sports worth more than $3.7bn (€3.2bn), keeping the WarnerMedia-owned outlet in the fold as one of the league’s key partners.
Professional Fighters League strikes WAVE.tv deal
The Professional Fighters League has announced a strategic content and distribution deal with California-based sports media company WAVE.tv.
As part of the agreement, WAVE
USL Championship final to be aired on ESPN for first time
The United Soccer League Championship final will become the first game in league history to air on the main ESPN channel, it has been announced
NBCUniversal, Roku reach carriage agreement for Peacock
NBCUniversal and streaming platform Roku have reached a carriage agreement over NBCU's new direct-to-consumer service Peacock two months after its nationwide launch
NHRA strikes multiyear media-rights extension with Fox Sports
The National Hot Rod Association and Fox Sports have announced a multiyear extension of their domestic media-rights agreement to telecast all NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing series competitions across Fox,…
International Swimming League strikes US media-rights deal with CBS Sports
The International Swimming League has reached a multiyear media-rights deal with CBS Sports in the United States ahead of the organization's second season
MLB awarded $6m in Dominican Republic TV rights payment feud
Major League Baseball has been awarded more than $6m (€5.1