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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.

The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has agreed a sublicensing deal with the Fox Sports division of the Fox network to televise basketball games from the Big East college sports conference from 2013-14 to 2018-19.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has said that it plans to be an “active participant” in talks over a new media rights deal for the Big Ten Conference college sports organisation.

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.