Golf

Golf body the PGA of America has partnered with Hong Kong-based sports events and media company i3 Sports on a digital media initiative for the Greater China region.

The Open Championship returned to screens in the Indian subcontinent this year following a late deal with pay-television broadcaster DSport

The PGA of America has furthered its new rights strategy for the PGA Championship in the UK, by stating that live streaming of the 2017 edition of the US golf major will be available via social media platforms Facebook and Twitter.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has today (Thursday) confirmed it has acquired rights to golf major the PGA Championship.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired rights to golf major the PGA Championship, according to multiple reports.

Indian pay-television broadcaster DSport has secured rights to golf’s Open Championship, the 2017 edition of which gets underway tomorrow (Thursday).

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has renewed a rights deal for golf’s PGA Tour.

Social media platform Twitter is in negotiations to acquire rights in the UK to the PGA Championship, one of golf’s four major tournaments, according to the Financial Times.

The PGA of America has said it will not extend its UK rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky for the PGA Championship, one of golf’s four major tournaments, in favour of exploring a new model for the event.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has agreed new long-term rights deals with the PGA of Australia and Golf Australia.

Pay-television broadcaster DSport has bought rights in India to golf’s US Open for a far higher price than the annual fee Sony Pictures Networks paid in 2016.

The Solheim Cup, the biennial, match-play event that features the top players in women’s golf representing the United States and Europe, will return to US network television for the first time in 15 years when NBC airs the singles matches at this year’s tournament on Sunday, August 20.

Indian pay-television channel DSport has acquired rights for the US Open golf tournament.

In the latest interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses the media-rights landscape in Golf, focusing on the PGA Tour, Majors, European Tour and the Ryder Cup

In the latest interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses the media-rights landscape in Golf, focusing on the PGA Tour, Majors, European Tour and the Ryder Cup

The BBC has held on to its Masters golf rights, confounding speculation it was going to be displaced by an aggressive Sky bid for exclusive rights. Sky must now decide whether it makes sense to continue sharing the event with the BBC and, if so, at what price.