Golf

Simple Networks, a company owned by former DirecTV executives Jason Markham and Evan Grayer, and Inversiones Bahia, a Panama-based private equity office, have teamed up to acquire Golf Channel Latin America from telco AT&T.

Indian pay-television broadcaster DSport has acquired rights to golf major the Masters.

USA

Golf’s PGA Tour has continued its commitment to exploring new platforms for its content by agreeing a partnership with US streaming television company Xumo.

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

Multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group has extended its rights deal with golf’s European Tour under an agreement that secures exclusive Nordic media rights to a host of the sport’s top properties.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has secured an extension to its rights deal for US golf major the Masters.

US golf major The Masters will have a new broadcast line-up in Australia after commercial broadcaster Nine agreed a rights deal.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky is set to agree a fresh deal for rights to US golf major the Masters, according to the Irish Times.

Golf’s European Tour has appointed Indian telecommunications company Tata Communications as its official global connectivity supplier to deliver enhanced digital coverage of the sport in countries around the world.

Golf’s European Tour will provide live coverage of today’s (Tuesday’s) Hero Challenge event via social media platform Twitter in what is a first for the organisation.

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 renewed its global streaming partnership with social media platform Twitter for the 2017-18 season.

USA

US technology company Intel has expanded its partnership with golf’s PGA Tour to provide virtual reality coverage of a range of events in 2017 and 2018.

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.

USA

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.

US men’s golf organisation the PGA Tour has entered into a digital media partnership with Korean sports media group Eclat.

The NBC Sports Group division of media company NBCUniversal has extended a deal between its Golf Channel platform and the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the US.

Indian pay-television channel DSport has acquired rights to the PGA Championship golf major.