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ESPN+ picks up more football content
ESPN+ has added more football to its portfolio by picking up rights in the US to the Danish Superliga, Indian Super League and Swedish Allsvenskan from the IMG agency
Tennis Channel takes over WTA rights in the US
US basic-tier broadcaster Tennis Channel will bolster its tennis portfolio when it takes over WTA rights from pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports in 2019
HBO gets out of the US fight game after 45 years
US pay-television broadcaster HBO has decided to end its live boxing coverage after 45 years, responding to seismic changes in the US boxing landscape.
Liga ACB highlights success of in-house sales
Coverage of the 2018-19 season of the Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain, will be available in 140 countries after the league distributed its rights in-house.
Tiger Woods’ win sends Tour Championship ratings soaring
Tiger Woods' first PGA Tour victory in over five years was a ratings bonanza for NBC. The final round of the Tour Championship earned a 4
Tiger Woods’ win sends Tour Championship ratings soaring
Tiger Woods' first PGA Tour victory in over five years was a ratings bonanza for NBC. The final round of the Tour Championship earned a 4
Tiger Woods’ win sends Tour Championship ratings soaring
Tiger Woods' first PGA Tour victory in over five years was a ratings bonanza for NBC. The final round of the Tour Championship earned a 4
ESPN+ ‘gains more than one million subscribers in first five months’
ESPN+, Disney's sports streaming service, has gained more than one million paying subscribers in its first five months, the company announced on Thursday.
DAZN to show Joshua v Povetkin in Canada
Anthony Joshua’s latest defence of his WBA, IBF and WBO titles on September 22 will air exclusively in Canada on Perform-owned streaming platform DAZN.
ESPN acquires Coppa Italia and Supercoppa rights in the US
Pay-television broadcaster ESPN has enhanced its coverage of Italian football in the US by acquiring rights to the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana
ESPN doubles down on football to bolster ESPN+ offering
ESPN's deal with IMG for rights to Serie A and the FA Cup has shown how US sports broadcasters are desperate not to be left without premium European football on their platforms.
IndyCar puts international rights sale on hold ahead of Alonso talks
IndyCar is delaying the sale of its international media rights until its teams and drivers for 2019 are confirmed, as ex-Formula One driver Fernando Alonso and Formula One manufacturer McLaren are strongly…
Comcast and ESPN Partner to place programming on COMCAST Xfinity X1
Comcast and ESPN today announced on Wednesday the launch of a partnership that sees ESPN channels, ESPN3, ACC Network Extra and SEC Network+ on CONCAST's Xfinity X1 platform
ESPN to put OVC events on ESPN+ in contract extension
OTT service ESPN+ will add a minimum of 600 Ohio Valley Conference events to its portfolio in an extension of its media-rights contract with the collegiate athletic conference.
Adidas, Twitter support high-school streaming initiative
Sportswear company Adidas has announced a partnership with Twitter that will allow live coverage of high school American football games to be streamed on the social media platform this fall
ESPN+ adds more football leagues to portfolio
US sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights to top-tier club football competitions the Dutch Eredivisie and Chinese Super League, along with Australia’s A-League and W-League.
Sinclair-Tribune merger collapses
Sinclair Broadcast Group’s $3.9bn (€3.6bn
Televisa shareholders take legal action
Shareholders of Televisa have launched legal action against the Mexican media company after claiming they have lost “hundreds of millions of dollars” after the business allegedly paid bribes to secure Fif…