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Nitro Circus Pit Bike Triple Crown secures Fox Sports distribution, Guaranteed Rate partnership
Sports entertainment property Nitro Circus is expanding on the success of last year’s Pit Bike Championships with the creation of the Nitro Circus Pit Bike Triple Crown, which has secured a linear broadcast d…
Gordon leaving Fox Sports to become Hendrick Motorsports vice-chairman
Nascar Hall of Fame driver Jeff Gordon is leaving his role as a Fox Sports broadcaster to become vice-chairman of Hendrick Motorsports, a move effective January 1, 2022
Regulator approves Grupo Lauman’s Fox Sports México acquisition
Mexico’s Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT) has approved a deal for telecoms, media and broadcast company Grupo Lauman to acquire the Mexican arm of pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports.
USFL plans 2022 revival with aid of Fox Sports
The United States Football League, a short-lived but widely discussed element of the American pro sports landscape in the 1980s as it unsuccessfully sought to challenge the dominant National Football League,…
Disney set to join SBT as Copa América broadcaster in Brazil
The Disney media group is set to acquire rights in Brazil for the upcoming Copa América national team football tournament.
Grupo Lauman ‘set to acquire’ Fox Sports México
Telecoms, media and broadcast company Grupo Lauman has agreed a deal to acquire the Mexican arm of pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports
Streaming platform Fanatiz launches in Mexico as subscribers offered Fox Sports
Global OTT platform Fanatiz has launched in Mexico, where it will also offer subscribers the channels of Disney-owned pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports for an additional fee
Fox Sports to air 2021 Copa America as part of multi-year US Conmebol rights deal
Fox Sports has secured the English-language rights in the United States to this summer's Copa America as part of a multi-year deal with South American soccer federation Conmebol
WarnerMedia closes in on Champions League rights in Mexico
US-based media group WarnerMedia is expected to be awarded broadcast rights in Mexico to the Uefa Champions League from 2021-22 to 2023-24, SportBusiness understands
Caribbean broadcasters handed May deadline for Uefa club competitions bids
Broadcasters in the Caribbean region have been invited to bid for rights to the Uefa club competitions from 2021-22 to 2023-24 in the latest sales process to be initiated by the Team Marketing agency
Fox Sports dramatically extends wagering push with NYRA deal
Fox Sports is accelerating its transition from a media outlet to both a content producer and gaming company through a new rights deal with the New York Racing Association that also gives the network an…
NFL signs more than $110bn worth of domestic media rights deals
The National Football League has solidified its domestic media rights distribution well into the next decade and reaffirmed its position as the pre-eminent programming in all of American television, regardless…
Fresh extension granted for Fox Sports Mexico divestment
Mexico’s telecoms regulator, the Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT), has granted a fresh extension for the sale of the Mexican arm of pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports.
Playfly Sports acquires trio of Fox Sports agencies
Pennsylvania-based sports marketing outfit Playfly Sports has completed an acquisition of three prior Fox Sports agencies - Home Team Sports, Impression Sports, and Fox Sports College Properties - that…
Team follows Brazil with Uefa club competitions rights tender in Latin America
Latin America is the latest territory in which invitations to submit offers have been issued for Uefa club competitions broadcast rights from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Amazon Prime aggregates Fox Sports into Mexican offering
The Amazon Prime subscription OTT platform has added content from pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports’ portfolio in Mexico.
Lauman Group ‘joins list’ of Fox Sports Mexico suitors
The Lauman Group, the parent of Mexican telco Comtelsat, has stepped forward as the latest party to express its interest in acquiring the Mexican arm of pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports
NFL Divisional playoff ratings slide 7 per cent
American television ratings for the National Football League’s Divisional round of the postseason averaged 30.6