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Sports broadcaster ESPN has joined forces with a number of rival operators in the US to simulcast coverage of the Liga MX, the top division of football in Mexico, as part of a fund-raising initiative designed to support people affected by a series of natural disasters in the Americas.

Sky has expressed its disappointment after a proposed takeover of the European pay-television operator by media company 21st Century Fox was put on hold by Karen Bradley, the UK’s Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

The Chilean football federation has earned a slight increase in the value of its national team friendly and qualifier matches in a new deal with Chilevisión.

The Big Ten Conference has confirmed domestic rights deals with the CBS and Fox networks and sports broadcaster ESPN.

Karen Bradley, the UK’s Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, has confirmed that she has not yet decided whether to refer the proposed takeover of pay-television broadcaster Sky by media company 21st Century Fox to the Competition & Markets authority for a ‘phase two’ investigation.

Media company 21st Century Fox’s bid to take full control of European pay-television operator Sky is set to be referred to the UK competition regulator, it emerged today (Thursday).

Media company 21st Century Fox has received regulatory approval in the Republic of Ireland for its proposed takeover of European pay-television operator Sky.

The Oakland Raiders NFL American football franchise has signed a regional rights deal with KVVU FOX5 TV, an affiliate of media company 21st Century Fox that is available in Las Vegas.

The Cleveland Browns NFL American football franchise has entered into a local media-rights agreement with Fox Sports Ohio, a regional sports channel owned by the Fox Cable Networks division of the 21st Century Fox media company.

NFL American football franchises the Green Bay Packers and Jacksonville Jaguars have both secured local media-rights deals.

The UK’s Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport, Karen Bradley, has said she is “minded to” refer US media company 21st Century Fox’s proposed takeover of pan-European pay-television broadcast group Sky to UK media watchdog Ofcom after the parties involved issued formal notification of the merger to the European Commission.

Uefa will imminently finalise club competition deals for the 2018-19 to 2020-21 cycle in China, Japan and the US.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has appointed Widen & Kennedy New York as its first-ever agency of record.

The NFL American football league suffered an eight per cent year-on-year drop in US television viewership during its 2016 regular season, according to data obtained by ESPN.com.

Pan-European pay-television broadcaster Sky, a major broadcaster of sports coverage, has confirmed a takeover approach from US media company 21st Century Fox.

The Chicago Cubs’ decisive victory over the Cleveland Indians in game seven of this year’s World Series attracted the largest audience for Major League Baseball’s end-of-season showpiece since 1991.