USA

Basketball
Data

Genius Sports has aligned with the National Basketball Association's Portland Trail Blazers to run immersive broadcasts using the company's Second Spectrum optical tracking technology
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

IMG has signed a 'multi-year' deal with United States-based Combate Global to distribute the Hispanic mixed martial arts franchise's worldwide media rights, excluding the US
Motorsport
Host Broadcast & Production

Endeavor Streaming and the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) have agreed a 'multi-year' deal to re-launch NHRA.tv, the racing association's OTT platform
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Diamond Sports Group, which runs Regional Sports Network (RSN) Bally Sports and is owned by telecoms conglomerate Sinclair, could face Chapter 11 bankruptcy after missing a $140m (€131.2
Cycling
Media

NBC Sports and the Peacock streaming service will continue to broadcast US coverage of the Tour de France and other major European road races following a six-year extension signed with promoter Amaury…
Football
Host Broadcast & Production

Major League Soccer has appointed the IMG agency and outside broadcast and services provider NEP Group to support live match and studio productions ahead of the start of its 10-year streaming deal with…
Ice Hockey
Fan Engagement

The National Hockey League, domestic rights-holder ESPN and Disney Channel have created a first-ever live, animated NHL game telecast that will feature the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers on March…
Basketball
Media

The Women's National Basketball Association's League Pass will broadcast 25 of Athletes Unlimited's 30 basketball games from its upcoming season for no additional cost to subscribers
NFL
Media

Super Bowl LVII drew 113 million viewers across all Fox platforms, making the game the third-most watched television show of all time in the United States
US College Sport
Finance & Law

The Southeastern Conference announced that $721.8m (€672.5m) of its total revenue for the 2021-22 fiscal year was distributed among the conference's 14 universities, but the conference saw a four-per-cent decline in revenue.
Multiple Sports
Media

Content and technology company SportsGrid and Amazon Prime Video have reached a global distribution agreement for Amazon's Freevee to the launch SportsGrid Network FAST channel, which will be the first…
NFL
Finance & Law

A U.S. judge has ruled that the National Football League must face a $6bn (€5.6bn) class action lawsuit alleging the league unlawfully limited the amount of games shown and drove up the cost of its Sunday Ticket package. 
Basketball
Media

Record numbers of viewers watched Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James become the National Basketball Association's all-time leading scorer with 38,388 points and counting during the Lakers-Oklahoma City…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Walt Disney Company chief executive Bob Iger has said that the company is "not considering a spin-off" of its flagship sports broadcaster ESPN during the question and answer portion of Disney's first-quarter…
NFL
Media

Fox has sold out all of its Super Bowl LVII advertising inventory ahead of the National Football League's showpiece game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs at State Farm Stadium in…
Multiple Sports
Host Broadcast & Production

Mediapro, the broadcast production group and rights agency, has detailed plans to open new virtual production studios in Barcelona, Madrid, New York and Miami
Golf
Media

Global streaming service Netflix will promote its upcoming PGA Tour-focused docuseries Full Swing via a Michelob Ultra commercial during the Fox broadcast of Super Bowl LVII on February 12
Baseball
Media

Major League Baseball's MLB Network will no longer be available for YouTube TV subscribers after the two parties failed to reach an agreement on a contract renewal