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DAZN, the live and on-demand streaming service owned by digital sports media specialist Perform, has bolstered its combat sports content by agreeing a multi-year rights deal with US mixed martial arts promotion Bellator.

Chinese private equity firm Orient Hontai Capital has concluded its deal to acquire a majority stake in Spanish media group Imagina, parent company of the Mediapro agency.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation has awarded host broadcast rights for the 2018 Women’s Baseball World Cup to the United States Speciality Sports Association, a non-profit sports organisation based in Florida.

US television broadcasting companies Gray Television and Raycom Media are set to merge under a $3.647bn (€3.09bn) deal that will tie together a host of local broadcast stations.

Brazilian commercial broadcaster RedeTV has acquired rights for football’s English Premier League.

The Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) media group has confirmed the acquisition of exclusive rights for the India national cricket team’s upcoming tour of Ireland.

LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has reported revenue rises of 15 per cent and 30 per cent, respectively, for the sale of domestic and international rights packages to telco Telefónica and the Mediapro agency.

US network CBS has expanded its rights deal with the NFL American football league to take in live streaming rights on mobile devices.