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Football

Uruguayan telecommunications company Antel has acquired rights for the 2019 Copa América international football tournament.

Panam Sports, which operates the Pan American Games, will launch a new digital channel to offer coverage of the upcoming edition of the multi-sport event in Lima, Peru

German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 and US media group Discovery have officially launched their new Joyn OTT platform. Joyn is a 50:50 joint venture between ProSiebenSat
Football

OTT sports streaming service DAZN has acquired exclusive live rights in a number of territories for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations and Concacaf Gold Cup football tournaments
Mixed Martial Arts

Telco Virgin Media has announced that it has acquired rights in Ireland to the Bellator mixed martial arts promotion events in Europe. The deal's duration was not announced
Rugby

New Zealand pay-television broadcaster Sky will incorporate the standalone Rugby Channel into its regular offering from August 1
Cricket

Pay-television operator OSN has blamed piracy in the Middle East and North Africa for its decision to close its cricket channel next month, the last of its dedicated sports channels
Motorsport

Data provider and media company Sportradar has renewed its partnership with US stock-car racing series Nascar
Athletics

Swiss-based agency Infront Sports has agreed a deal with Olympic governing body the International Olympic Committee to market free-to-air rights in Sub-Saharan African to every Olympic property until 2024

Israeli video technology company adds NBA Commissioner Emeritus, former ESPN digital chief to its leadership ranks