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Esports

Mixer, the esports live streaming platform owned by technology giant Microsoft, is to be closed from July 22, following a deal struck between its owner and Facebook
Football

Ahead of LaLiga's return to live competition this week, LaLiga North America and global sportsbook operator PointsBet have teamed up to create a new slate of gambling-focused digital programming
Esports

Twitch's three-year deal with ESL and DreamHack is a landmark for the streaming platform and another sign that the esports industry is adopting traditional media-rights principles.
Tennis

The IMG agency has united eight of its top tennis clients, including the Williams sisters and Naomi Osaka, with leading names from the world of sport, entertainment and fashion to launch a new virtual…
Esports

Social media giant Facebook has invested $5.7bn (€5.24bn) in Jio in a move that makes it the largest minority shareholder in the Indian digital platform. The investment of a 9.9
Multi-sport

Facebook is in talks to acquire a 10-per-cent stake in Indian mobile telco Reliance Jio, according to the Financial Times
Football

Social media platform Facebook has renewed a sublicensing agreement with pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports for coverage of the South American Football Confederation’s (Conmebol) Copa Libertadores c…
Football

Social media company Facebook has enhanced its position in the football market by agreeing content deals with 11 of the leading football clubs in Brazil
Football

Major League Soccer is partnering with social media platform Facebook to bring highlights packages to Facebook Watch in 2020
Golf

The PGA Tour has announced an expansive agreement with Facebook to distribute daily highlight packages globally on Facebook Watch in 2020, starting at this week’s Farmers Insurance Open.
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

Mixed martial arts promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship has agreed a fresh content agreement with social media platform Facebook designed to showcase its pay-per-view broadcasts
Football

Spanish LaLiga football club Real Madrid has launched a subscription-based service on social media platform Facebook
Baseball

Facebook is exclusively live streaming in the US all 32 games from the World Baseball Softball Confederation's 2019 Premier12 national team baseball tournament, which started on Saturday in Mexico
Rugby Union

The Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) has reached an agreement with social media platform Facebook to stream coverage of the Top12, the top tier of the club game in the country
Squash

The World Squash Federation’s 2019 Men’s World Team Championship will be broadcast live across the globe through an agreement between tournament host Squash On Fire, the WSF and SquashTV, the broadcasting arm…
Snooker

World Snooker has broadened its association with social media platform Facebook by announcing that a number of its major events will this season be streamed free to fans in India via Facebook Live
Cricket

The International Cricket Council has announced an exclusive four-year digital rights agreement in the Indian subcontinent with social media giant Facebook

One-year deal involves streaming exclusive versions of popular non-game ESPN programs such as College Game Day,