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The Strive OTT platform launched by the IMG agency will now be available on linear television in Norway via the IPTV platform Altibox

Football’s English Premier League has reiterated its support of beIN Media Group for its ongoing campaign against pirate channel beoutQ.

Major League Baseball franchise the Chicago Cubs has confirmed it will launch its own regional sports network in 2020, adding that it could partner with another team in the venture

AS Roma has become the first Serie A club to launch a weekly show on social media platform Snapchat. Roma joins several other top European clubs who are offering the shows exclusively on the Snapchat platform

Japanese pay-television operator Wowow has retained rights to the Uefa European Championship by agreeing a deal for the 2020 edition of the national team football tournament

Formula One enjoyed an increase in worldwide audience figures across television and digital platforms in 2018, according to owners Liberty Media. The global cumulative TV audience was put at 1

BeIN Sports has secured a timely boost by acquiring the media rights to the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana in the US and Canada through 2022.

The NBA is partnering with Turner Sports and Yahoo Sports to produce a live nightly show designed for mobile viewers.

Mediapro has acquired exclusive rights in Spain to the 2022 Fifa World Cup and will open its own 24-hour channel dedicated to the tournament

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has renewed rights to the FIA World Rally Championship and has committed to significantly increasing its coverage of the motor racing series