USA

Baseball

US cable-television operator Time Warner Cable has said it is willing to let an arbitrator determine a fair price for carriage of the SportsNet LA regional pay-television sports channel in the hope of ending a dispute with other operators over distribution of the platform, which is owned by MLB baseball team the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Basketball

US pay-television broadcaster Comcast SportsNet has extended its local rights deal with NBA basketball franchise the Sacramento Kings.

The Fox Sports Digital and Sporting News Media digital services have confirmed a multi-platform content, distribution and media partnership in the US.

Multi-sport

Pac-12 Networks, the content and multi-platform media company for the Pac-12 US college sports conference, is to distribute programming to international audiences through a subscription channel on video-sharing website YouTube.

Multi-sport

US cable-television operators Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks have agreed carriage deals with sports broadcaster ESPN for the SEC Network, a new pay-television sports channel dedicated to college sport’s Southeastern Conference.

Football

Mike Kiernan, Analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, looks at television audiences in the major European markets and America for the 2014 Fifa World Cup

Football

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has struck a deal with Fathom Events, a company that shows unique entertainment events in movie theatres, to show live English Premier League football matches in cinemas during the upcoming 2014-15 season.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has rebranded its live streaming platform, beIN Sports Play, as beIN Sports Connect in the US.

Horse Racing

US horseracing pay-television broadcaster TVG has struck a multi-year extension to its rights agreement with the New York Racing Association.

Athletics

US sports broadcaster Universal Sports Network, a subsidiary of media company NBCUniversal, has extended its rights deal with the International Association of Athletics Federations through to 2019.

US media company Comcast, the country’s largest cable-television operator, has agreed a carriage deal with sports broadcaster ESPN for the SEC Network, a new pay-television sports channel dedicated to college sport’s Southeastern Conference.

US television broadcasting company Sinclair Broadcast Group has said it plans to launch a new college sports network to be broadcast on television stations it owns.

Multi-sport

US sports broadcaster ESPN has expanded its media rights agreement with the Sun Belt Conference collegiate sports organisation.

American Football

The Carolina Panthers NFL American football franchise has sealed a local media rights deal with regional cable-television broadcaster Time Warner Cable SportsChannel.

Multi-sport

US sports broadcaster ESPN has signed a multi-year extension to its contract with functional fitness company CrossFit for the exclusive rights to the CrossFit Games.

US digital video technology company Volar Video has partnered with sports media firm Sporting News Media to launch a new digital platform for all forms of amateur sport.

Minor Sports

The NBC Sports Ventures division of US sports broadcasting organisation NBC Sports Group has agreed a multi-year strategic alliance that will provide broadcast exposure for obstacle racing series the Spartan Race.

Online streaming service Aereo has said that it could operate like a cable-television provider to survive, according to the Bloomberg news agency.