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MLBAM, the interactive media and internet company of Major League Baseball, has entered into a multi-year partnership with technology and social media platform 15 Seconds of Fame which promises to provide video content to fans which was never previously available.

The season-opening event on the Symetra tour will become the first ever live women’s golf event to be shown on social media platform Facebook.

The Turner Sports division of US cable-television broadcaster Turner Broadcasting System and Spanish-language broadcaster Univision have acquired rights in the US to football’s Uefa Champions League, according to multiple reports.

Univision Deportes has agreed a one-year extension to its rights deal with Mexican Liga MX football outfit Club Deportivo Guadalajara, according to the US pay-television broadcaster’s president, Juan Carlos Rodríguez.

The USA Track and Field national governing body has signed a four-year partnership with the Penn Relays which will grant the US athletics showpiece enhanced media exposure.

In the latest interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses media-rights in the US major leagues: MLB, the NBA, the NFL and the NHL

US telecommunications company Verizon and internet firm Yahoo have agreed revised terms on the purchase of the latter’s operating business under a deal that will remove $350m (€326.2m) from the price tag.

New North American Major League Soccer franchise Atlanta United has secured a regional rights deal with channels operated by the Fox Sports division of US network Fox.

MLBAM, the interactive media and internet division of North America’s Major League Baseball, has appointed Michael Paull as the new chief executive of its Bamtech video technology division.

In the latest interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses media-rights in the US major leagues: MLB, the NBA, the NFL and the NHL

Social media platform Facebook is in “advanced talks” over live streaming rights to Major League Baseball games, according to Reuters.

The Argentinian Football Association has reportedly rejected a request from intellectual asset management company Consor to extend the deadline for submitting a bid for the next set of rights to the domestic game, while US media companies Fox and Turner are said to be seeking clarification over certain parts of the process.

Shareholders of US media company Time Warner have voted to approve its sale to telecommunications company AT&T in a deal valued at $85.4bn (€79.6bn).

North American cable and satellite television network Velocity has acquired rights in the US and Canada to the International Motorcycling Federation’s (FIM) Endurance World Championship.

The NBC Olympics division of US media company NBCUniversal has entered into a partnership with United World Wrestling, the sport’s global governing body.

The Lagardère Sports agency has made a number of new appointments within its US business.