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Golf

Tiger Woods' victory at the Tour Championship this past weekend not only sent TV ratings soaring on NBC, but gave the network the most-streamed Sunday in golf history for a non-major event. 18.4
Motorsport

IndyCar is delaying the sale of its international media rights until its teams and drivers for 2019 are confirmed, as ex-Formula One driver Fernando Alonso and Formula One manufacturer McLaren are strongly…
Golf

Golf’s PGA Tour has today (Tuesday) struck a multi-year digital partnership with the NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal for its OTT subscription video service, PGA Tour Live.
Horse Racing

Sky Sports Racing, which is set to become the new identity for pay-television channel At The Races, has agreed a long-term deal for exclusive rights in the UK and Ireland to US horse racing’s Triple C…
Esports

The NBC Sports division of US media company NBCUniversal has added video-sharing platform YouTube as a new rights partner for the second season of the Rocket League, the esports competition it organises alongside competitive gaming platform FACEIT.

Rugby Union

European Professional Club Rugby has agreed four media-rights deals in recent weeks which it hopes will increase the exposure of its competitions.

Football

World football’s governing body Fifa is reportedly in line for bonuses of $302m (€243.3m) from its North American broadcast partners should it decide to award hosting rights for the 2026 World Cup to the ‘United 2026’ joint proposal from the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Ice Hockey

Pay-television broadcaster NHL Network has extended a rights partnership with USA Hockey.

Rugby Union

The Six Nations last week secured a long-term deal with media company NBCUniversal in the US, but is understood to have suffered a 40-per-cent fall in the value of its rights in Italy.

Golf

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has agreed a deal to acquire direct-to-consumer digital platform Revolution Golf.

Archery

World Archery, the sport’s global governing body, has agreed a new rights deal with the NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal.
Swimming

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has signed a long-term media-rights agreement with the USA Swimming governing body.
Rugby Union

Media group NBCUniversal extended its commitment to rugby union in the US this week, buying World Rugby rights for a significantly higher guaranteed fee.

US subscription video-on-demand service Hulu has secured a distribution deal with media company NBCUniversal for its new television channel-streaming service.
American Football

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

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has acquired exclusive rights to the Diamond League athletics series.
Golf

US media company NBCUniversal has expanded the global reach of its Golf Channel network by agreeing new distribution agreements in Japan with OTT digital platform AbemaTV and pay-television broadcaster Wowow.
Athletics

Two recent media-rights deals agreed by USA Track & Field, the governing body for US athletics, continue the upturn in commercial fortunes of an organisation which nearly went bust in the 1990s.