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US pay-television broadcasters HBO and Showtime have reached an agreement to share rights in the country to the upcoming heavyweight world championship boxing match between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has expanded its reach in Belgium by launching a third channel, while it has acquired rights in the United States to the World Snooker Championship.

US cable-television broadcaster Spike TV has ended its rights partnership with the Premier Boxing Champions series in favour of focusing its attention on mixed martial arts promotion Bellator.

The European Commission has given unconditional approval to US media company 21st Century Fox’s proposed £11.7bn (€13.7bn/$14.5bn) takeover of pan-European pay-television broadcaster Sky.

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has acquired exclusive rights to the Diamond League athletics series.

Social media platform Twitter has reached an agreement to stream live coverage in the United States of tomorrow’s (Saturday’s) WBO Lightweight world championship boxing match between Terry Flanagan and Petr Petrov.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has added more content in the US by securing exclusive rights to the American Ultimate Disc League ultimate frisbee competition.

Video-sharing platform YouTube has launched its new service that delivers a range of major television channels to subscribers via the internet in the US, including a raft of sports content.

American football league the NFL has entered into a wide-ranging partnership with technology giant Intel, while it has officially confirmed its Thursday Night Football agreement with e-commerce and media company Amazon.

MSG Networks, which owns and operates two US regional sports and entertainment networks – MSG Network and MSG Plus – is looking to sell itself and is approaching buyers, according to the New York Post.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in the United States for select events from cycling’s 2017 Ciclismo Cup.

E-commerce and media company Amazon has acquired live streaming rights to the NFL American football league’s Thursday Night Football franchise, according to multiple reports.

US pay-television broadcaster HBO has extended its partnership with the NFL American football league, through which it will continue to air the Hard Knocks documentary series.

A collective of major broadcasters and Europe’s leading football organisations have joined forces to call on the G7 group of industrial nations to take action to tackle internet piracy.

The NBC Olympics division of US media company NBCUniversal has extended its partnership with social media platform Snapchat to cover the 2018 winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

US network NBC has committed to complete live coverage of a winter Olympic Games for the first time, with the impact of social media cited as a key reason behind the move for next year’s event in Pyeongchang, South Korea.