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Dutch pay-television broadcaster Ziggo has extended a rights deal for football’s English Premier League and renewed an agreement for golf’s PGA Tour.

Media group Discovery and the US PGA Tour have partnered with golfer Tiger Woods in a multi-year agreement to create ancillary content for Discovery’s OTT streaming service GolfTV.

The IMG agency has agreed a deal with the PGA Tour to allow its IMG Arena division to distribute official data and selected live video from the PGA Tour to the betting and gaming markets

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky will continue to broadcast both the European Tour and Ryder Cup until 2022, but is facing competition from US media company Discovery for golf rights elsewhere in Europe

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
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Tiger Woods' first PGA Tour victory in over five years was a ratings bonanza for NBC. The final round of the Tour Championship earned a 4
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Tiger Woods' first PGA Tour victory in over five years was a ratings bonanza for NBC. The final round of the Tour Championship earned a 4

Pay-television broadcaster DSport has acquired rights to this year’s Ryder Cup golf event in the Indian subcontinent.
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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.

Golf’s PGA Tour has sealed an agreement with Facebook under which the social media website will distribute exclusive Saturday and Sunday live competition coverage on a free basis from eight tournaments leading up to the 2017-18 FedExCup Playoffs.

The PGA Tour this week future-proofed its international business, setting up a joint venture with Discovery for its media rights outside the US in a 12-year, $2bn (€1.72bn) deal.

The PGA Tour has furthered its commitment to technical innovation in golf by launching a new augmented reality platform.

Pay-television broadcaster DSport is paying a slightly higher fee than previous rights-holder Ten Sports for the US PGA Championship in the Indian subcontinent.

Golf’s PGA Tour has agreed a content partnership with Hispanic-focused digital network mitú, in a deal designed to target the Latino youth market.

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Golf’s PGA Tour will retain its media-rights partnerships with the NBC and CBS networks in the US through to 2021 after a September 1 deadline to opt out of the agreements passed.

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has renewed a rights deal for golf’s PGA Tour.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand this month stepped in to acquire PGA Tour golf rights after streaming service Coliseum negotiated the termination of its deal.

Golf’s US PGA Tour has doubled its rights fee in the Indian subcontinent after a six-year renewal with Indian pay-television broadcaster Neo Sports.