North America
Browns extend local broadcast deal with News 5
The National Football League’s Cleveland Browns have reached a long-term contract extension with News 5 in which the local Northeast Ohio broadcaster will remain the team’s official flagship station for…
CBS Sports signs sports betting partnership with William Hill
CBS Sports has announced a strategic partnership with bookmaker William Hill, which will become the official sports book and wagering data provider across all CBS Sports platforms in the United States.
XFL adds Sportradar to portfolio in data agreement
XFL, the new American football league that launched at the weekend, has continued its commercial activity by agreeing a deal with sports data and content company Sportradar
Chargers sign local broadcast deal with CBS 2 Los Angeles
The National Football League's Los Angeles Chargers have signed a multi-year local broadcast partnership with CBS 2 Los Angeles
BeIN Sports Xtra added to Samsung OTT platform
BeIN Sports has added its live sports streaming channel, beIN Sports Xtra, to the Samsung TV Plus service
CBS poised to secure NWSL broadcast rights
CBS is the front-runner to gain the broadcast rights to the National Women's Soccer League in the United States, according to multiple reports
Deltatre recruits MLB broadcast executive Johnson
Sports streaming technology company Deltatre has hired Major League Baseball’s James Johnson to the role of vice-president, Americas business development within its Live division.
XFL to be broadcast on TSN in Canada
The revamped XFL is furthering its international reach by securing a deal with Canadian broadcaster TSN.
TSN will be covering all the regular-season games plus the play-offs during the 2020 season
ESPN+ climbs to 7.6m paid subscribers following Disney+ launch
ESPN+, ESPN’s direct-to-consumer sports streaming service, now has 7.6 million paid subscribers, Disney chief executive Bob Iger revealed in a quarterly earnings call.
That is a huge climb from 3.5
Audio service Spotify acquiring Bill Simmons’ The Ringer
Subscription platform seeking to expand sports presence through platform created by popular media figure Bill Simmons
Super Bowl ratings up slightly but fail to draw 100m linear TV viewers once again
Fox Sports' broadcast of Super Bowl LIV between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers averaged 99
ESPN continues football spending spree with Copa del Rey acquisition
US sports broadcaster ESPN has reaffirmed its strategic commitment to football by paying a substantial sum for exclusive rights to the Spanish Copa del Rey knock-out competition.
Free-to-air WRC deals coming in Japan and Africa, US broadcaster still aspirational
The FIA World Rally Championship is close to announcing free-to-air broadcast deals in both Japan and Kenya ahead of stops in both countries on this year’s schedule.
LA Lakers’ Kobe Bryant tribute draws big audience for ESPN
The Los Angeles Lakers' first game following the death of Kobe Bryant, against the Portland Trail Blazers on January 31, averaged 4.41m viewers on ESPN, according to Nielsen figures.
Mediapro to produce Canadian Elite Basketball League matches
The Canadian Elite Basketball League has selected the Mediapro agency as its production partner for all matches that will be aired live by public-service broadcaster CBC during the 2020 season
ESPN+ set to land PGA Tour streaming rights
US sports broadcaster ESPN is close to agreeing a streaming rights deal with golf’s PGA Tour, according to the Associated Press.
Univision gains US Spanish-language rights to Olympic soccer qualifiers
Leading Hispanic media company Univision has signed a deal with regional soccer federation Concacaf to gain the Spanish-language rights in the United States for both the women’s and men’s Olympic qualifying tou…
DC United in talks with NBC Sports Washington over local TV deal
Major League Soccer's DC United is in talks with regional sports network NBC Sports Washington over a local media-rights deal