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Football

Telco Optus will trial the live streaming of Uefa Champions League and Europa League via social media platform Twitter and video-sharing website YouTube in what it claims is a first for football coverage…
Football

LaLiga Segunda División has signed a deal with YouTube in which its games will be aired around the world for free with live English commentary.
Esports

Four of the biggest esports events in the West generated 190.1 million hours of viewership in 2018, according to research by Newzoo
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.

Football

Telemundo, the holder of Spanish-language rights to the Fifa World Cup in the US, has agreed deals with internet company Google and its video-sharing website YouTube to share its coverage of the national team football tournament.

Hockey

Sports production company Whisper Films has agreed a global content partnership with the International Hockey Federation (FIH).

Baseball

Major League Baseball has extended and expanded its wide-ranging partnership with YouTube TV, the cable-free live television service of video-sharing company YouTube.

Football

English Premier League football club Manchester United has launched an official channel on YouTube, breaking a cycle where it was the most-viewed club on the video-sharing platform purely through unofficial content.

Football

Major League Soccer expansion franchise Los Angeles Football Club has signed a landmark media rights and jersey sponsorship deal with YouTube TV, the cable-free live television service of video-sharing company YouTube.

Boxing

Boxing promoter Hennessy Sports has entered into a wide-ranging partnership with video-sharing platform YouTube, through which this month’s WBO World Heavyweight Championship title fight between Joseph Parker and Hughie Fury will be streamed exclusively live in the UK and Ireland.

Esports

Twitch’s deal with game developer Activision Blizzard last month is the latest indication the live-streaming platform and its rivals are now seeking esports rights on an exclusive basis.

Esports

The WESA esports organisation has agreed a streaming partnership with video-sharing website YouTube for its Pro League competition.
Esports

Major League Gaming, which hosts and streams esports events, has agreed a deal with YouTube to distribute live coverage of its MLG Vegas contest on the video-sharing platform.
American Football

The NFL has expanded a partnership with internet giant Google to allow viewers around the world to watch content from the American football league in virtual reality.

Football

Pay-television broadcaster BeIN Sports will stream live coverage of the 2015-16 finals of the Uefa Champions League and Europa League club football tournaments to audiences in Spain via video-sharing platform YouTube.

American Football

American football league the NFL is planning to live stream all three International Series games scheduled to be played in London next season, with technology giants Apple and Google in contention for the rights, according to Reuters.

American Football

The Canadian Football League competition will stream live coverage of its end-of-season playoffs and Grey Cup finale via video-sharing platform YouTube.

Football

Spanish agency Mediapro has agreed deals with video-sharing website YouTube to plug gaps in the distribution of the international rights to the Copa del Rey and the beIN Sports pay-television channels in Spain.