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US network NBC and UK pay-television broadcaster Sky announced Monday that they will collaborate on coverage of golf’s Players Championship, the US PGA tour’s flagship event, which takes place this wee…
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UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports’ new rights deal for the US PGA Championship is for the five-year period from 2019 to 2023, SportBusiness Media understands. This marks a rebuilding of the long-term partnership between rights-holder and broadcaster that ended in 2016 when Sky refused to meet rights distributor IMG’s valuation of the property.
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David Zaslav, president and chief executive of Discovery, has said that the US media company is keen on adding to its sports portfolio, and that it is “opportunistic” in using sport as a means to drive eng…
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UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports has confirmed that it will broadcast all four of golf’s major championships in 2019.
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Golf’s European Tour has signed a three-year partnership with Chinese internet company Sina Sports.
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The NBC Sports division of US media company NBCUniversal has joined forces with golf star Rory McIlroy to launch what it claims is a first-of-its-kind, direct-to-consumer subscription program
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Golf’s PGA Tour has renewed and expanded its partnership with US streaming television company Xumo. Terms of the new deal were not disclosed, but it follows an initial agreement signed in March 2018.
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Indian pay-television broadcaster DSport has acquired rights to a number of marquee events on golf’s European Tour.
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NBC Sports Group has signed a multi-year agreement with Topgolf Entertainment to integrate Toptracer ball-tracking technology in all 18 holes of its PGA Tour telecasts.
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Golf’s PGA Tour has today (Monday) renewed and expanded its content agreement with Twitter, with the social media platform to distribute nearly 140 hours of live competition from OTT service PGA Tour L…
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The PGA Tour will begin experimenting with players giving in-round interviews in an attempt to further connect with TV viewers
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Despite a series of technical glitches, Turner Sports is reportedly keen to bring back a pay-per-view match involving Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in 2019 and 2020
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GolfTV, the Discovery-owned online streaming service that will launch in January, will show coverage of the Ladies European Tour across 25 European countries until at least 2021
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C More has sold rights in Denmark for golf’s PGA Tour to Discovery Networks in a sublicensing deal, according to the Telecompaper news service.
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US media group Discovery has announced its latest wide-ranging golf partnership with the European Tour, commencing in 2019, acquiring rights in selected markets to all European Tour events and the next…
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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.
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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.
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Coverage of the Phil Mickelson-Tiger Woods pay-per-view match in Las Vegas last Friday was beset by technical difficulties, leading to Turner Sports and a host of carriers offering refunds to viewers