USA

Football

US Spanish-language sports television channel TUDN and its sister Univision networks combined to generate approximately 50 per cent of all soccer viewership in the United States in 2019, according to parent…
Esports

Media company Blake Broadcasting (BBN) has agreed a multi-year deal to broadcast ESL and DreamHack esports tournaments in the United States, Canada and Asia, with the exception of China
Basketball

The National Basketball Association is looking to continue to experiment with its innovative 5G smartphone broadcast initiative at next year's NBA All Star Game at the United Center in Chicago
Boxing

Subscription OTT sports streaming platform DAZN has added another leading boxer to its portfolio in the US, after four-division world champion Mikey Garcia signed with the Matchroom Boxing USA agency
Baseball

Agency to provide media rights evaluation and counsel to Latin American winter baseball leagues
sports betting

Fox Sports 1's nationally-televised sports betting show Lock It In piloted a special regional edition in the New York area over the weekend.
Football

Major League Soccer team Atlanta United has extended its regional broadcast deals with Fox Sports South and Fox Sports Southeast until 2022
Multi-sport

Lagardère, the France-based media conglomerate, has announced plans to sell 75 per cent of the Lagardère Sports agency to H.I.G. Capital, the Miami-based private equity and asset management firm.
Multi-sport

Eurovision Services, the business arm of the European Broadcasting Union consortium of public-service broadcasters, has signed a US-focused agreement with outsourced broadcast production company NEP Group
Esports

US media company Turner Sports’ ELeague esports property has agreed a wide-ranging tournament and content distribution deal with Electronic Arts focusing on the games developer’s Fifa 20 football title.
Multi-sport

Network still expects to set new Olympics sales record
Multi-sport

The Learfield IMG College agency has appointed Cole Gahagan, chief commercial officer of licensed sports merchandise manufacturer and retailer Fanatics, as its president of content, revenue and enterprise…
Multi-sport

Sports data provider Stats Perform has hired brothers Steve and Peter Hirdt, long regarded as innovators in US sports broadcast research and content, to senior roles
Football

Football streaming platform MyCujoo has struck a deal with the United Soccer League to broadcast more than 500 USL League Two matches during the US competition’s 2020 season.
Football

Competition to create effective digital offerings in the US drove a hike in value for Uefa’s club competitions for the 2021-22 to 2023-24 cycle. CBS overcame strong opposition to surprise the market in acquiring English-language rights, while Univision renewed its high-performing Spanish-language rights.
Basketball

The Golden State Warriors' dramatic slump in form this season has been compounded by the National Basketball Association taking two of the team's games off national television this month
Baseball

The New York Yankees are reportedly looking to partner with e-commerce giant Amazon to become the first Major League Baseball team to offer games to in-market viewers without a cable TV subscription.
Football

US broadcast network ABC will air five matches from the 2020 European Championship next summer. This will include two group stage matches, two round-of-16 games and one quarter-final.