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“New Fox” has emerged as the front-runner to buy back the regional US sports networks it will sell to Disney, a move that would protect its position as a leading sports broadcaster in the country.
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Canadian sports broadcaster Sportsnet has acquired broadcast rights to minor league baseball team the Vancouver Canadians
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DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has secured rights in Italy to the Pro14 cross-border rugby union league as it unveiled its full line-up for its launch in the country
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US sports broadcaster ESPN has struck a multi-year extension to its rights deal with college sports organisation the Big South Conference
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Swedish media company Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group) has acquired rights in the Nordic region for North America’s Major League Baseball.
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The US Department of Justice has moved to take fresh action against the takeover of US media company Time Warner by telco AT&T by appealing a federal judge’s approval of the deal last month.
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The World Baseball Softball Confederation has awarded host broadcast rights for the 2018 Women’s Baseball World Cup to the United States Speciality Sports Association, a non-profit sports organisation based in Florida.

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Major League Baseball franchise the New York Yankees is considering buying back US regional pay-television sports broadcaster Yes Network, according to multiple reports.

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Major League Baseball has entered into a licensing and original content partnership with SI TV, the OTT streaming service of sports media platform Sports Illustrated.

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The World Baseball Softball Confederation has confirmed the launch of Base, its new commercial and marketing arm.

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Major League Baseball has secured an uplift in the value of its media rights in China despite the early termination of its deal with LeSports.

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Social media platform Twitter has renewed its rights deal with Major League Baseball for the 2018 season.

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Chinese internet company Tencent has acquired rights for Major League Baseball as part of a broader partnership with the North American league.

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Facebook has struck a deal with Major League Baseball to stream live coverage of 25 weekday afternoon games.

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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.

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World Baseball Softball Confederation Europe has signed its first commercial partnership through a deal with sports and betting-related services company Sportradar.

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The Chicago Cubs is keen to form its own media network after its current broadcast contracts expire, according to the Major League Baseball club’s president of business operations, Crane Kenney.

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Bob Bowman, Major League Baseball’s former president of business and media, has admitted he was “inappropriate” at times after the Wall Street Journal reported that the executive had recently been forced out after years of troubling behaviour.