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The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has extended a rights deal for the Breeders’ Cup Challenge horseracing series.

Pan-European motorsports channel Motors TV has secured a carriage deal with Dish Network’s OTT service Sling International in the US.

Imagina, the operator of the Mediapro agency, will appoint a new management team at its Media World Sports affiliate company after two of its executives were suspended on allegations of corruption surrounding football rights.

US media company Time Warner has invested $15.8m (€14.9m) in Uninterrupted, the multimedia network for sports lifestyle content created by basketball superstar LeBron James and business partner Maverick Carter.

NFL American football franchise the Jacksonville Jaguars has entered into a multi-faceted strategic partnership with virtual reality company Voke through which it claims it will offer an unprecedented game day experience to fans at its EverBank Field stadium.

Peter Nelson has been named as the new head of US pay-television broadcaster HBO Sports.

US pay-television broadcaster Tennis Channel has entered into a partnership with the United States Tennis Association designed to promote its premium digital-subscription service, Tennis Channel Plus.

US sports broadcaster ESPN has struck a deal to stream live coverage of domestic ice hockey competition the National Women’s Hockey League.

US sports broadcaster ESPN and the ABC network have been confirmed as rights partners for a new college American football game which aims to set a landmark for attendance at such events.

The Walt Disney media company has revealed that its sports broadcaster ESPN suffered a 3.2-per-cent fall in subscribers during the 12 months through to the end of September.

Mark Taffet will step down as senior vice-president of US pay-television broadcaster HBO at the end of this year.

American football’s NFL may offer a stake in its NFL Network cable-television channel as part of its Thursday Night Football package of rights, according to the New York Post newspaper.

American football's NFL is generating "intense interest" in its Thursday Night Football package of rights to start next season, according to the Hollywood Reporter magazine.

Jed York, chief executive of NFL American football franchise the San Francisco 49ers, has confirmed the league is investigating the possibility of expanding the number of games that are streamed live next season following the success of last month’s inaugural initiative with internet company Yahoo.

Major League Baseball has agreed a three-year deal with US network Fox to provide live in-market streaming of MLB games.

US cable and satellite television broadcaster Pop has acquired rights for the TNA wrestling organisation’s flagship show, Impact Wrestling.