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USA Cycling has signed a three-year partnership with online video platform BTB TV in order to further promote the cyclo-cross discipline in the US and throughout the world.

The NBC Olympics division of US network NBC has agreed a rights deal for the Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016 Paralympic Games under which the two events will receive an unprecedented 116 combined hours of coverage in the United States.

Eurovision, the television producer operated by the European Broadcasting Union, has been named the official host broadcaster of the 2015 Alpine World Ski Championships, which take place in the US resorts of Vail and Beaver Creek.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has announced an initial six-month partnership with Facebook that will allow data and chatter from the social media website to appear alongside live NFL and college American football broadcasts, as well as soccer games.

The junior middleweight unification bout between Floyd Mayweather Junior and Saul Alvarez on September 14 has broken the record for highest-grossing pay-per-view (PPV) fight of all time.

ESPN has agreed a “long-term” rights deal with the ATP World Tour that will allow the US pay-television broadcaster to show more hours of live coverage from the top professional men’s tennis tour.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has signed a multi-platform agreement with the World Boxing Council sanctioning body for the rights to the new WBC World Cup of Professional Boxing event.

The Big Ten Conference US college sports organisation has said at least 70 games from its inaugural season of men’s ice hockey will be afforded television coverage.

NBA basketball franchise the Sacramento Kings have announced a broadcast partnership for the 2013-14 season with News10, the local affiliate of the ABC network.

Eurosport will show a programming block on pay-television in the US for the first time under an arrangement with media and entertainment company Discovery Communications, a stakeholder in the pan-regional sports broadcaster.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox “will not countenance” a Qatari 2022 Fifa World Cup staged between October and December, according to the Mail on Sunday newspaper.

Private equity firms KKR & Co and New Mountain Capital have teamed up to bid for the IMG agency, according to Reuters.

Chivas USA loses out after broadcast deal falls through

Private equity firm Providence Equity Partners will pull out of the running to acquire IMG following its deal to purchase a majority stake in rival agency Learfield Communications, according to the New York Post newspaper.

Ice hockey’s Atlantic Hockey Association will receive national exposure this season after the CBS Sports Network pay-television channel, which is operated by US network CBS, acquired rights to two games from the organisation.

Sporting News Media, part of digital sports media company Perform Group, has announced an online video rights agreement with American football league the NFL.