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Tennis
United Kingdom

Internet giant Amazon has acquired exclusive UK rights to the WTA tennis tour from 2020, SportBusiness Media understands, taking the property from pay-television broadcaster BT Sport
Golf
Germany

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has raised its annual outlay on two of golf’s majors, the PGA Championship and Open Championship, by almost half to secure its dominance over the sport in the DACH region against the threat of US media group Discovery.
Multi-sport
USA

US technology company Amazon is reportedly in talks to join Sinclair Broadcast Group’s bid to acquire the former Fox regional sports networks being sold off by the Walt Disney Company.
Multi-sport
USA

The quest to purchase the former Fox regional sports networks has taken yet another twist with reports that Major League Baseball has teamed up with Liberty Media Group to buy the assets, which are worth…
Football
United Kingdom

The FA has opened the market for FA Cup domestic rights to new competition with the inclusion of a ‘non-linear package’ – expected to attract interest from internet giant Amazon – in the tender for the 2021-22 to 2024-25 cycle, SportBusiness Media understands.
Football
United Kingdom

US media company Amazon said on Thursday it will turn to BT Sport and its production partner Sunset+Vine to produce its package of 20 live English Premier League games per season acquired for UK broadcast…
Baseball
USA

In its latest sports content acquisition, Amazon has announced that MLB.TV – Major League Baseball's out-of-market package – will be made available on its Prime Video channels in the United States.
Olympic Games
Global

Olympic Channel, the multi-platform media service operated by the International Olympic Committee, has furthered its reach by agreeing a carriage deal with digital media platform Amazon Fire TV
Tennis
Germany

The value of ATP Tour tennis rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland has once again dramatically increased amid intense competition for a year-round competition with a growing domestic interest
Baseball
USA

Major League Baseball franchise the New York Yankees is reportedly in talks with e-commerce giant Amazon and US media company Sinclair Broadcast Group about a partnership to secure control of its regional…
Tennis
Germany

The value of Wimbledon rights in the DACH region will increase significantly in the next cycle after incumbent rights-holder Sky Deutschland faced down strong competition to retain them
Basketball
USA

Amazon has added its first live-sports subscription service to its Prime Video channels by making the NBA League Pass package available to viewers in the United States.
American Football
USA

Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, who is Twitch’s most popular live-streaming gamer, will provide play-by-play analysis of tonight's Thursday Night Football action on the Amazon Prime Video-owned channel. Th
Motorsport
Global

The Formula One motor-racing series will harness its partnership with Amazon Web Services to introduce new in-race television graphics for the 2019 season
USA

Amazon has made its biggest and boldest move into live sports broadcasting by joining the bidding for all of the 22 Regional Sports Networks that Disney acquired from 21st Century Fox but has been forced …
American Football
USA

Internet company Amazon has revealed that viewing figures for its coverage of the NFL’s Thursday Night Football games have increased by 22 per cent this season.
Tennis
Global

Internet company Amazon’s Prime Video service has confirmed a deal to stream live coverage of Laver Cup tennis matches in more than 200 territories worldwide.
Football
United Kingdom

The Premier League’s 20 clubs are unconcerned about the small drop in the value of their domestic live rights in the next cycle, following deals this month with BT and Amazon that brought the protracted sales process to a close.