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Multi-sport

The Walt Disney Company has forecast that its OTT sports streaming service, ESPN+, will have between eight million and 12 million subscribers by the end of the 2024 fiscal year
Esports

Fox Sports has acquired media rights in the US to the finals of various EA Sports Fifa 19 Global Series events, including the season-ending Fifa eWorld Cup 2019, while social broadcasting platform Caffeine…
Football

The Spring Media agency has partnered with English football club Arsenal for exclusive worldwide distribution rights to the club’s international programming block and in-house content.
Archery

América Móvil-owned sports broadcaster Claro Sports has acquired pay-television rights to World Archery competitions across 17 territories in Latin America.
Kabaddi

Discovery India’s DSport, Viacom12’s MTV, DD Sport and several other regional broadcast networks in India have acquired rights to broadcast the inaugural Indo International Premier Kabaddi League.
Golf

Augusta National Golf Club has partnered with social media giant Facebook to broadcast the 2019 US Masters to select countries in the Middle East for free
Wrestling

UK commercial broadcaster Channel 5 has renewed its deal for UK & Ireland rights to Impact Wrestling's flagship weekly show. The deal starts from April 26
Skiing

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has acquired rights to a host of winter sports properties in the Nordics from the Infront agency, landing a blow to public-service broadcasters in the region
MMA

Pay-television broadcaster Abu Dhabi Media has acquired exclusive Ultimate Fighting Championship media rights in the Middle East and North Africa, with the state-run group to launch a localised OTT service…

Hotstar, the Star India-owned OTT plaftorm, has appointed Ankit Desai as its vice-president of digital sales strategy