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US media company 21st Century Fox is set to table a cash bid valuing pan-European pay-television broadcaster Sky, a major broadcaster of sports coverage, at £10.75 (€12.84/$13.64) per share as early as tomorrow (Wednesday), according to the Reuters news agency.

US cable-television broadcaster Turner Broadcasting System will create more video content for mobile application Snapchat, including sports programming, under an expanded partnership.

American football league the NFL has moved to relax its new in-game video and social media rules for individual teams following a backlash from franchises and fans.

The NFL has signed a partnership with virtual reality technology provider Voke to create VR highlights of the American league.

US network CBS has agreed a deal with the NFL American football league to add live coverage of games to its ‘CBS All Access’ streaming service.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has acquired rights to annual college American football game the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl.

The USA Track and Field (USATF) national governing body has entered into a long-term rights partnership with the NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal.

US media company NBCUniversal has announced it will broadcast live coverage of the NHL North American ice hockey league’s 2017 All-Star Game on the NBC network.

E-commerce and media company Amazon has held talks with the US major leagues over the possibility of streaming live coverage of sport, according to the Wall Street Journal.

North American stock car-racing series Nascar remains in a strong position despite a host of events suffering a fall in television ratings, according to chairman Brian France.

US ice hockey competition the National Women’s Hockey League has agreed a rights deal for its second season with live and on demand video news network Cheddar.

US media conglomerate Viacom has agreed a $345m (€312.5m) deal to acquire Argentinian free-to-air broadcaster Telefe from the Telefónica telecommunications company.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has extended a rights deal with Concacaf, the governing body of football in the Caribbean, North America and Central America, for its Gold Cup showpiece national team tournament.

US media companies Fox and Turner are closing in on a 15-year deal for rights to club football in Argentina after making a concrete contract offer, according to multiple reports in the country.

Organisers of the World Chess Championship have lost out in their bid to block websites from broadcasting moves from the sport’s showpiece event after a US judge ruled they did not make a sufficient case.

The NFL American football league has continued its virtual reality drive by partnering with VR broadcast technology company NextVR.