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American Sports Network (ASN), the college sports platform operated by US television broadcasting company Sinclair Networks Group, has agreed a sublicensing deal with US sports broadcaster ESPN for rights to men’s basketball games from the American Athletic Conference.

International pay-television operator Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights in Poland and Belgium for the North American NFL American football league.

The Pac-12 has rejected a proposal from AT&T that would have allowed the US telecommunications company’s DirecTV satellite pay-television service to carry coverage of the US college conference.

Madison Square Garden Company, which owns US regional pay-television channels MSG Network and MSG Plus along with major league franchises the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers, has approved a spin-off of its sports and entertainment businesses from its media division.

American football league the NFL has launched a new subscription streaming service designed as the latest accompaniment to the sport’s traditional television coverage.

The Learfield Sports agency has agreed a five-year extension to its exclusive multimedia rights partnership with college sports conference the Patriot League.

Ben Sutton, IMG College's chairman and president, is transitioning to an honorary role at the US college sports division of the WME IMG agency.

United World Wrestling, the sport’s global governing body, has said it will stream live coverage of every match during the 2015 Wrestling World Championships in Las Vegas, US.

Internet video technology provider NeuLion has expanded its partnership with the Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts series.

The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has enhanced its live streaming offering for the NFL, offering regular-season games from the American football league for the first time this season.

German Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich has signed a global media partnership with specialist digital football platform Goal.com.

Steve Ballmer, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, has reportedly rejected the latest offer for the next cycle of the North American NBA basketball franchise’s local rights and is considering launching an over-the-top streaming network to show coverage.

US sports broadcaster ESPN has launched a new college sports service that will bring hundreds of exclusive events to its online streaming service ESPN3 to televisions.

NBCUniversal blew its rivals out of the water to retain Premier League rights in the US earlier this month – the league’s first deal in its new international sales cycle.

Leslie Moonves, the president and chief executive of CBS, has said that the US network would have liked a longer deal than a one-year extension with American football’s NFL for the Thursday Night Football package.

Italian Serie A football club AS Roma has extended its broadcast partnership with the NBC Sports Regional Networks division of US media group NBCUniversal.