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Basketball

Israel’s Basketball Super League has launched a new OTT streaming service in partnership with sports media and data provider Sportradar.
Golf

GolfTV, the Discovery-owned online streaming service that will launch in January, will show coverage of the Ladies European Tour across 25 European countries until at least 2021
Basketball

Spark has acquired rights in New Zealand for the NBA, with coverage of the North American basketball league set to be made available on the telco’s Spark Sport app.
Tennis

Pay-television broadcaster Sky has extended a rights deal in Germany and Austria with the ATP, which operates the top professional men’s tennis tour.
Boxing

The heavyweight boxing rematch between Dillian Whyte and Dereck Chisora will be broadcast in the US on Showtime, despite the partnership between the fight’s promoter Matchroom and the streaming service D…

Television remains the top device for consuming sports content, according to the 2018 Global Consumer Streaming Habits Survey by software company Brightcove
Football

Spanish-language channels operated by Univision Deportes accounted for 53 per cent of all football television audiences in the US during the latest quarter, according to Soccer America

The World Trade Organisation will establish a panel to rule on allegations that Saudi Arabia is failing to take effective action to halt the piracy of beIN Sports’ programming.
Football

Every English FA Cup third round match will be streamed in the United States for the first time this season.

The European Commission has approved the acquisition of United Group, an Eastern European media and telecommunications company, by private equity firm BC Partners