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The NFL American football league suffered an eight per cent year-on-year drop in US television viewership during its 2016 regular season, according to data obtained by ESPN.com.

The US Federal Communications Commission has granted approval for increased foreign investment in Univision in a move that is set to allow Mexican media company Televisa to raise its stake in the Spanish-language broadcaster.

Virtual reality broadcast technology company NextVR has moved to widen its international reach by partnering with internet company Google and broadening its existing relationship with North American basketball league the NBA.

Golf’s PGA Tour will seek to secure partial ownership of a network as part of its next set of broadcast rights agreements, according to the organisation’s new commissioner Jay Monahan.

NBA TV, the cable and satellite television broadcaster operated by the North American basketball league, has extended an agreement to broadcast the Euroleague continental club competition.

The NBA Digital division of the NBA basketball league has partnered with daily fantasy sports operator FanDuel to develop a mobile game that will seek to provide fans with a second-screen experience during television broadcasts of matches.

US pay-television channel GolTV has acquired exclusive rights in the country for Italian club football competition, the Supercoppa Italiana.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has agreed a local rights partnership with Major League Soccer’s Sporting Kansas City.

BAMTech, the video technology business of Major League Baseball’s Advanced Media division, will pay Riot Games a minimum of $300m (€287m) through to 2023 for the streaming rights for the company’s League of Legends esports tournaments.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is preparing to ditch pay-per-view as its main media-rights revenue stream in the US, as owners WME|IMG seek to increase the guaranteed revenue of July’s $3.775bn (€3.522bn) acquisition.

US telecommunications company AT&T and its DirecTV satellite service provider and broadcaster have agreed carriage deals for the new cable television channel that will be launched under a partnership between media company NBCUniversal, the International Olympic Committee and United States Olympic Committee.

US media company 21st Century Fox and Sky have today (Thursday) confirmed they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended pre-conditional cash offer by the former for the fully diluted share capital of the pan-European pay-television broadcaster, which Fox and its affiliates do not already own.

US over-the-top streaming service fuboTV is to add more sports channels to its offering as part of broader expansion plans.

US virtual reality company LiveLike has partnered with sports media and technology company Deltatre to deliver VR solutions for a range of sporting events.

The International Olympic Committee, United States Olympic Committee and US media company NBCUniversal have today (Thursday) unveiled a comprehensive Olympic Channel content and distribution partnership in the United States.

Bob Bowman has stepped down from a leadership role at BAMTech, the video technology business of MLB Advanced Media, according to multiple reports.