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Lenny Daniels has been named president of the Turner Sports division of US cable-television broadcaster Turner Broadcasting System.

US broadband communications and entertainment company Cox Communications 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.

The athletics division of US college Syracuse University has elected to break its multimedia rights contract with the IMG agency in favour of seeking a more lucrative deal.

US entertainment company AMC Networks has rebranded its international television networks division Chellomedia to AMC Networks International.

US satellite-television provider DirecTV will launch a channel dedicated to fantasy football as part of its Sunday Ticket package covering the NFL American football league.

Lagardère Unlimited, the sports marketing division of media conglomerate Lagardère, has announced that it co-produced the first in-event, real-time television advertisement last Saturday.

US media company Comcast, the country’s largest cable-television operator, is set to strike a carriage deal for SEC Network, a pay-television sports channel dedicated to college sport’s Southeastern Conference.

American football league the NFL is in talks to expand the video content provided through its partnership with the Amplify platform of social networking website Twitter.

US sports broadcaster ESPN has agreed a multi-year deal with the Canadian Football League for the American football league’s exclusive rights in the United States.

Online streaming service Aereo has suspended its operations following last week’s ruling by the US Supreme Court that it breaches the copyright of major sports leagues and their broadcast partners.

US media company Comcast has struck a deal to distribute cable-television broadcaster the Big Ten Network (BTN) in the states of New Jersey and Maryland.

North American media company Anthem Media has agreed a deal with Cablevision for the media and telecommunications company to carry its Fight Network and FNTSY Sports Network.

Golf’s PGA Tour has agreed a deal to become the latest equity partner of 120 Sports, the new all-digital sports network of US media group Time.

The future of Aereo is in serious doubt after the US Supreme Court backed claims from major leagues and their broadcast partners that the online streaming service breaches copyright rules.

US pay-television broadcaster Tennis Channel has broadened its reach by agreeing a multi-year carriage deal with cable television provider Armstrong.

US sports broadcaster ESPN has agreed a four-year deal for rights to the World TeamTennis competition.