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Sportradar, Big Ten sign two-year OTT streaming extension
Sportradar has agreed a renewal through the 2024-25 college athletics season with the Big Ten Network to run its streaming service, B1G+
MLB announces film deal with Imagine Entertainment
Major League Baseball has announced a new multi-year partnership with Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment to create scripted and non-scripted film and television projects
Spotify’s The Ringer launches video content on FanDuel TV
Spotify-owned sports and culture media company The Ringer is launching sports-themed programming on FanDuel TV
NCAA men’s Final Four, championship suffer viewership decline
The audiences for the NCAA men's basketball tournament Final Four and national championship in Houston saw declines, with the championship game averaging 14
DirecTV showing Yankees’ Prime Video broadcasts at commercial locations
DirecTV for Business has reached an agreement with Amazon Prime Video to distribute the entire 20-game slate of New York Yankees Major League Baseball regular-season games being shown on the streaming…
NCAA women’s basketball breaks all records on ESPN platforms
The championship game of the NCAA women's basketball tournament has broken viewership records on ESPN platforms, with 9
WWE, UFC consider combined streaming offering following Endeavor takeover
A combined streaming deal for the Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Wrestling Entertainment is a possibility following Endeavor’s takeover agreement for the wrestling promotion.
BeIN extends non-exclusive PTO Tour deal
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has extended its rights deal for the PTO Tour
Opening Day sets record merchandise sales, record viewers on MLB.TV
Major League Baseball's Opening Day set records on its out-of-market streaming service MLB.TV and earned a record in online merchandise sales
Bally’s becomes MiLB’s first national rights-holder
Global casino and entertainment company Bally's Corporation has entered into a multi-year agreement with Minor League Baseball (MiLB) to become the league's first national media rights-holder and exclusive…
NWSL extends Just Women’s Sports content deal
The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), top tier of the domestic game in the United States, has extended its content and media deal with the Just Women’s Sports (JWS) platform.
WWE and UFC to merge following Endeavor takeover
Sports and entertainment group Endeavor has acquired a majority interest in a new company that will combine World Wrestling Entertainment with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, forming what the two parties…
YES Network to launch direct-to-consumer streaming service
The YES Network has announced it is launching a direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service to provide cord-cutters the ability to watch local broadcasts of the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball,…
NCAA women’s basketball breaks ESPN viewership records
The NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament on ESPN has set multiple records, including total minutes watched, average viewers per game, and the single-game viewership record
NFL, RedBird announce Sunday Ticket commercial venues deal
The National Football League has announced a deal with RedBird Capital Partners to form a new media platform, EverPass Media, which will hold exclusive rights to distribute out-of-market package NFL Sunday…
Veritone extends role as Augusta National’s archive partner
Augusta National, Inc. (ANI), the business arm of Augusta National Golf Club, home of US major The Masters, has extended its licensing agreement with digital asset management, licensing and metadata solutions provider Veritone.
NFL owners to vote on Goodell extension, flexible TNF scheduling
The annual meeting of National Football League franchise owners continues today (Monday), with an extension of league commissioner Roger Goodell's contract and flexible scheduling for Thursday Night Football…
Fubo adds MLB.TV ahead of brand relaunch
IPTV operator Fubo has announced the addition of MLB.TV to its programming line-up, which will feature the channel in time for Major League Baseball's Opening Day on March 30