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Spark secures three-year US Open rights deal
New Zealand-based telecoms operator Spark has secured exclusive broadcast rights to the US Open tennis tournament until 2024 as part of a three-year deal with the United States Tennis Association (USTA)
LIV Golf completes streaming pacts with YouTube, Facebook
Noted commentator Arlo White to serve as lead play-by-play voice
NESN becomes first US RSN to offer direct-to-consumer option
New England effort predates planned Bally Sports+ offering from Sinclair
FuboTV announces trio of senior appointments
Sports-focused streaming service and channel aggregator fuboTV has appointed Ben Grad as a senior vice-president and head of strategic partnerships and operations, while Todd Mathers and Andrew Steinberg…
MLB Network revives player-focused alternate game broadcasts
League-owned network extends industry embrace of non-traditional telecasts
Ones Basketball League lands Showtime content deal
Ones Basketball League, the new one-on-one basketball league formed by former National Basketball Association superstar Tracy McGrady, has furthered its reach by securing a domestic content partnership…
World Lacrosse secures expansive global ESPN rights deal through 2023
World Lacrosse has secured an expansive international rights deal with global sports network ESPN, which covers a total of 246 games across three major championships through 2023.
Media executive Sheikh to succeed long-serving Levy as NBA Asia chief
The National Basketball Association has announced that Scott Levy, the executive vice-president and managing director of its NBA Asia division, will leave the organisation at the end of next month
MLB.TV extends run of consumption records
Streaming momentum seen last year continues into start of 2022 season
‘The Match’ boosts global reach with international simulcasts
Event marks unique collaboration between Turner Sports, international partners
XFL completes global media rights agreement with Disney, ESPN
Deal for spring football league builds in part on successful Hollywood career of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
TelevisaUnivision nets wide-ranging Concacaf rights deal in US
Spanish-language outlet extends post-merger growth run
ESPN extends US rights to Australian Open through 2031
Relationship with Tennis Australia will move into a fifth decade
Tubi to bolster Fox Sports’ 2022 Fifa World Cup offering
Network to lean increasingly on streaming platform
Fox Sports renews CPL rights in US through 2023
Network renews tie with Canadian league for matches on FS2, Fox Soccer Plus
Optimism high among network partners for 2022 NFL schedule
League to extensively feature prime matchups while also carrying big holiday presence
DAZN picks up global eSkootr rights, Segi TV to cover series in North America
The eSkootr Championship (eSC) has agreed a global rights deal with sports streaming service DAZN, while free on-demand streaming service Segi TV will cover the series in the US and Canada
Miami GP draws record 2.6 million viewers on ABC
Bullish viewership totals provide further evidence of new event's appeal