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The Chinese division of North American basketball league the NBA has entered into a multi-year partnership with Chinese social media platform Sina Weibo.

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has acquired rights in the country to the Dubai World Cup and Epsom Derby horse racing events.

US media company NBCUniversal acquired a $500m (€470.8m) stake in the initial public offering of Snap Inc, the parent company of social media platform Snapchat, according to NBCU chief executive Steve Burke.

Uefa will imminently finalise club competition deals for the 2018-19 to 2020-21 cycle in China, Japan and the US.

US mixed martial arts organisation Alliance MMA has engaged the Kings Highway Media agency for the purposes of domestic and international media rights distribution.

The Turner Sports division of US cable-television broadcaster Turner Broadcasting System has promoted Matt Hong to the newly formed position of chief operating officer.

Video-sharing website YouTube has announced plans to launch a new service that will deliver a range of major television channels to subscribers via the internet.

Willow TV, a cricket-dedicated broadcaster in the United States, has acquired rights to the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition.

The NFL American football league has appointed Mary Ann Turcke, a former executive at Canadian telecommunications company Bell Media, as president of digital media and the NFL Network.

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.