Baseball

US sports broadcaster ESPN will launch a new multi-sport subscription streaming service after its owner, the Walt Disney media company, confirmed an investment in BAMTech, the video technology business of MLB Advanced Media, the interactive media arm of Major League Baseball.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation has awarded rights to its 2016 Youth U-15 Baseball World Cup to broadcasters across Asia.

Social media platform Twitter has secured live streaming rights to Major League Baseball and National Hockey League games under a deal with MLB Advanced Media, the interactive media and internet arm of the North American baseball league.

Virtual reality technology company NextVR has partnered with MLB Advanced Media, the interactive media and internet arm of Major League Baseball.

Media and entertainment company Walt Disney has struck a deal to acquire a one-third stake in the video-streaming division of MLB Advanced Media, which is operated by North America’s Major League Baseball.

US college Arizona State has settled its long-running dispute with the IMG College agency over the multimedia rights contract that previously existed between the two parties.

The Walt Disney media company is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire an equity stake in BAM Tech, the video technology business of MLB Advanced Media, the interactive media and internet company of Major League Baseball.

Internet company Yahoo has struck a deal to stream one Major League Baseball match per day for the remainder of the 2016 season.

North America’s Major League Baseball has confirmed renewals of a swathe of rights deals for the new 2016 season.

New York Supreme Court Justice Lawrence Marks has ordered Major League Baseball franchises the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals to mediate over a long-running dispute that centres on US regional cable-television broadcaster MASN.

Mexican pay-television operator Televisa has extended a rights deal for North America’s Major League Baseball for three years, from 2016 to 2018.

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti have called for a resolution to be reached in the carriage dispute that is restricting the broadcast of Los Angeles Dodgers games in the team’s local region.

Major League Baseball has agreed a multi-year deal with Snapchat through which it will expand its association with the social media platform by launching a ‘Snapchat Day’.

The MP & Silva agency has extended its global media rights distribution contract for the World Baseball Classic, with its deal for the 2017 edition of the national team competition including the Canadian market for the first time.

MLB Advanced Media, the interactive media and internet company of Major League Baseball, has said it is keen to enter the market for over-the-top rights to global sports programming.

Major League Baseball’s three-year deal with Chinese internet operator Le Sports guarantees the league extensive coverage in China for the first time.