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Comcast answers Fox with increased offer for Sky
Imagina to pay fine following football bribery court case
Pacquiao title fight to be showcased on ESPN+
ESPN+, the US sports broadcaster’s subscription streaming service, will hold live and exclusive rights to the comeback fight of Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao.
DAZN buys Bellator and WBSS rights but retains flexibility
DAZN has agreed two more combat sports deals since its joint venture with Matchroom Boxing, but all three deals contain clauses that would allow the Perform-owned streaming platform to quickly shift its content strategy
Free-to-air Telemundo deal will help with Copa sponsorship sales
Telemundo’s deal for Spanish-language rights to the 2019 Copa América ensures most matches will be shown free-to-air in the US – a key consideration for MP & Silva and Conmebol ahead of sponsorship sales around the tournament
DAZN confirms World Boxing Super Series deal
DAZN, the OTT platform operated by digital sports media company Perform, has acquired rights in the US for the World Boxing Super Series.
Telemundo secures Copa América rights
Spanish-language sports broadcaster Telemundo Deportes has acquired rights in the US to the 2019 edition of the Copa América national team football tournament.
Golden Boy teams up with Facebook
Golden Boy Promotions has struck a deal with Facebook that will allow the social media platform to stream live coverage of a series of the promoter’s boxing events.
NBC Sports adds YouTube as new Rocket League partner
The NBC Sports division of US media company NBCUniversal has added video-sharing platform YouTube as a new rights partner for the second season of the Rocket League, the esports competition it organises alongside competitive gaming platform FACEIT.
49ers first team to sign up to NFL streaming venture
The San Francisco 49ers NFL American football franchise will set a league first by live streaming each of its four 2018 preseason games via its official website.
Disney seals US antitrust approval for Fox deal
Walt Disney has secured US antitrust approval to acquire most of rival media company 21st Century Fox’s assets on the condition that it offloads 22 regional sports channels, according to the Justice Department.
WWE signs up Fox as new domestic partner, USA extends
US wrestling organisation WWE has today (Wednesday) sealed a new domestic rights deal with the Fox Sports division of the Fox network and has extended its long-running partnership with cable-television broadcaster USA Network, stating that the agreements provide a substantial increase in the value of its US distribution.
Sunset+Vine secures World Equestrian Games contract
Sports producer and distributor Sunset+Vine has landed the host broadcaster contract for the 2018 World Equestrian Games.
DAZN follows Matchroom deal with Bellator partnership
DAZN, the live and on-demand streaming service owned by digital sports media specialist Perform, has bolstered its combat sports content by agreeing a multi-year rights deal with US mixed martial arts promotion Bellator.
USSSA to produce coverage of women’s baseball showpiece
The World Baseball Softball Confederation has awarded host broadcast rights for the 2018 Women’s Baseball World Cup to the United States Speciality Sports Association, a non-profit sports organisation based in Florida.
Gray to acquire Raycom in $3.65bn deal
US television broadcasting companies Gray Television and Raycom Media are set to merge under a $3.647bn (€3.09bn) deal that will tie together a host of local broadcast stations.
CBS adds mobile rights to NFL partnership
US network CBS has expanded its rights deal with the NFL American football league to take in live streaming rights on mobile devices.
World TeamTennis goes global with OTT platform
US-based mixed gender team league World TeamTennis has launched a new OTT platform that will provide live streaming of every match for the first time in its 43-season history.