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Football

Pay-television broadcaster BeIN Media Group has renewed exclusive rights in the US for the top divisions of football in Spain, Italy and France.

American Football

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has struck an acquisition deal with online sports startup StraightCast Media, while it will today (Friday) launch its coverage of the German Bundesliga football league with a landmark live streaming provision via video-sharing platform YouTube.

American Football

US satellite-television provider DirecTV has significantly extended the reach of its Sunday Ticket package of programming for the NFL American football league by making its live streaming service more widely available.

Horse Racing

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has agreed a long-term extension to its broadcast agreement with the Maryland Jockey Club for the Preakness Stakes horseracing event.

Football

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has retained exclusive live rights for football’s English Premier League in a six-year deal, from 2016-17 to 2021-22.

Football

NBCUniversal-owned pay-television channel USA Network will show a weekly match from football’s English Premier League throughout the forthcoming 2015-16 season.

Rugby Union

US pay-television sports broadcaster Universal Sports Network will launch a new digital streaming pay-per-view service for the upcoming Rugby World Cup in England.

Boxing

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has agreed a multi-year deal to show the new midweek boxing property launched by the Premier Boxing Champions series.

Football

The Fox International Channels broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox is to simulcast coverage of the German Bundesliga football match between Bayern Munich and Hamburg to regions across the world in a move described by the company as a “global first.”

Baseball

Major League Baseball franchise the St. Louis Cardinals have signed a new 15-year deal with long-term local television rights partner, regional sports network Fox Sports Midwest, in an agreement reportedly worth more than $1bn (€907m).

Multi-sport

The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has signed a five-year sublicensing deal with sports broadcaster ESPN to continue showing the Missouri Valley Conference college sports league.

American Football

US network CBS is planning to become the first broadcaster in the country to live stream all adverts during the 2016 Super Bowl, the championship game of the NFL American football league.

Golf

Golf’s PGA Tour has said its new PGA Tour Live digital over-the-top subscription service will launch tomorrow (Thursday) with the United States, Canada, Ireland, Australia and the UK serving as initial customer markets.

Basketball

US sports broadcaster ESPN has secured a long-term extension to its current media rights agreement with the Missouri Valley Conference college sports league.

Football

Lukas Zajancauskas, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences for this year's Fifa Women's World Cup.

Basketball

US entertainment studio Warner Bros. has signed a content creation partnership with SpringHill Entertainment, a company co-founded by basketball superstar LeBron James.

Basketball

North America’s National Basketball Association has confirmed a pricing strategy as it expands the remit of its out-of-market live game service, NBA League Pass, to allow fans to purchase single game and individual team packages for the first time from the 2015-16 season.

American Football

US sports broadcaster ESPN has extended its rights deal with the Southern Conference college sports organisation.