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The WatchandWager deposit wagering subsidiary of online betting firm Webis Holdings has renewed a simulcast wagering and video streaming deal with horseracing body the New York Racing Association.

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has agreed a long-term extension with the New York Racing Association encompassing exclusive rights to the Belmont Stakes horseracing event.

Internet company Yahoo has been selected by American football’s National Football League to deliver the first ever live stream of a regular-season game from the league for free to viewers worldwide.

The NBC Sports division of US media company NBCUniversal is to launch a new sports documentary production division, NBC Sports Films.

US sports broadcaster ESPN has agreed a deal with pay-television broadcaster One World Sports to simulcast North American Soccer League team New York Cosmos’ historic game against Cuba.

US pay-television operator Charter Communications has committed to carrying regional pay-television channel SportsNet LA following the announcement of its deal to acquire fellow cable operator Time Warner Cable.

Lax Sports Network, a dedicated online lacrosse platform, will launch in the US on January 5, 2016.

The Learfield Sports agency has signed media rights deals with the athletics divisions of Butler University and the University of Northern Iowa.

US pay-television operator Charter Communications has today (Tuesday) said it will acquire fellow cable operator Time Warner Cable in a deal valued at $78.7bn (€69.3bn).

MP & Silva will distribute the global rights to Miami FC matches after the agency’s president and founder, Riccardo Silva, teamed up with Italian football legend Paolo Maldini to form the new North American Soccer League team.

Spotify has said sports broadcaster ESPN will be one of its initial partners as it seeks to diversify from its core music streaming business into video content.

US pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN has expanded its long-term partnership with Mountain West by acquiring the rights to the US college sports conference’s annual American football championship game.

The welterweight world title unification boxing clash between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas earlier this month has smashed the US record for pay-per-view buys.

US network ABC will broadcast its first NFL American football game in 10 years next season, with sports broadcaster ESPN agreeing to a simulcast deal for the Wild Card Weekend on January 9-10.

US pay-television broadcaster ESPN is not expected to retain rights for British golf major the Open beyond 2017, according to the UK’s Guardian newspaper.

Pay-television operator Charter Communications is engaged in early talks with banks to secure a debt package of $25bn (€22.4bn) to $30bn to aid a merger with fellow cable operator Time Warner Cable, according to multiple US media reports.