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US cable-television channel CBS Sports Network, which is operated by the CBS network, has acquired rights to the World Touring Car Championship’s American event, which takes place at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday.

US network CBS and cable-television provider Time Warner Cable have reached an agreement to end their programming dispute and resume broadcasts in the New York, Los Angeles and Dallas markets.

Major League Soccer club Chivas USA has announced new local television rights deals with broadcasters KDOC and MundoFOX22 KWHY-TV through to the end of the 2013 season.

US cable-television operator Time Warner Cable Sports has agreed a three-year regional television deal with college sports’ Mid-American Conference.

US regional pay-television channel Yes Network has agreed a multi-year deal with Manchester City to televise games featuring the English Premier League football club on a tape delay basis.

ESPN president Jon Skipper has insisted that the North American NBA basketball league remains a “critical product” for the US pay-television broadcaster.

Internet company Google has held talks with the National Football League (NFL) American football competition about the possibility of acquiring live rights for its YouTube video-sharing website, according to the AllThingsD.com technology news website.

US cable-television operator Time Warner Cable will offer a free preview of pay-television broadcaster Tennis Channel to customers who cannot access the CBS network during the US Open tennis tournament due of a contract dispute.

The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has acquired rights from pay-television broadcaster ESPN for the American Athletic Conference college sports competition.

The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has acquired rights for the Mountain West Conference college sports competition’s American football championship game.

Private equity company Forstmann Little has begun formally soliciting buyers for the IMG agency and is distributing financial information to potential suitors, according to the Wall Street Journal newspaper.

Randy Freer, chief operating officer and co-president of the Fox Sports division of US network Fox, has said that the broadcaster would be interested in bidding for Thursday night NFL American football rights.

The US Tennis Association has begun talks on alternative broadcast plans for the US Open tournament if CBS remains off the air in the New York area due to the network’s ongoing dispute with cable-television operator Time Warner Cable.

US regional television broadcaster WBBZ-TV has acquired rights to American football games from college sport’s Atlantic Coast Conference ahead of the 2013 season.

NBC Sports Network, the cable-television sports channel of US network NBC, will use its coverage of English Premier League football to promote its NBCSN rebranding.

Showtime will not be able to provide coverage of mixed martial arts again until 2014, according to the US pay-per-view broadcaster’s executive vice-president Stephen Espinoza.