Golf
PGA Tour signs DAZN partnership, unveils digital innovations
Golf’s PGA Tour has agreed a rights partnership in Japan with digital sports content and media group Perform for its PGA Tour Live service, while it has unveiled a host of new initiatives for its over-the-top subscription offering, including plans to stream content via social media platforms Facebook and Twitter.
Canal Plus shores up golf and adds third-tier French football
Beleaguered French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has retained a host of golf properties and added third-tier domestic football rights in recent weeks as it seeks to stem subscriber losses.
Sky to begin Open coverage with free-to-view initiative
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has announced that it will begin its coverage of this year’s edition of golf’s Open Championship with a free service plan.
Canal Plus on the green with top golf renewals
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has renewed rights deals for a selection of top golf properties.
Sky brings PGA back to linear TV after Coliseum NZ exit
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand this month stepped in to acquire PGA Tour golf rights after streaming service Coliseum negotiated the termination of its deal.
PGA Tour and LPGA rights return to Sky NZ, with Premier League deal lined up
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has signed rights deals with the men’s US PGA Tour and the Ladies Professional Golf Association, and has reportedly agreed a contract for club football’s English Premier League.
C More left frustrated after golf rights mix-up
Pan-Nordic pay-television broadcaster C More has hit out after an error by the Lagardère Sports agency meant it will not be able to broadcast European Tour golf tournament the Scandinavian Masters in its home market of Sweden.
Sky Deutschland holes Open rights extension
German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has agreed a multi-year extension to its rights deal for UK golf major The Open Championship.
BBC strikes production deal with IMG for golf coverage
The IMG agency has agreed a deal with UK public-service broadcaster the BBC to produce its live and highlights television coverage of golf for 2016.
PGA Tour doubles up with Neo
Masters embraces virtual reality for 2016 tournament
Organisers of US golf major the Masters have said the 2016 edition of the tournament will be afforded live virtual reality streaming and 4K coverage.
PGA Tour holes extension with Indian broadcast partner
Indian pay-television broadcaster Neo Sports has agreed a multi-year extension to its rights deal with golf’s US PGA Tour.
CBS agreement boosts LPGA’s network exposure strategy
The Ladies Professional Golf Association has hailed further progress in its strategy of securing greater exposure on network television in the United States, with the news that CBS will cover the final round of the 2016 Marathon Classic tournament.
AT&T, DirecTV to set 4K first with Masters coverage
US telecommunications company AT&T and its DirecTV satellite service provider and broadcaster will next month deliver the Masters golf major in 4K, in what AT&T claims will mark the first-ever live ultra-high definition broadcast in the country.
European Championships to be launched as the solution to combat cluttered calendar
The creation of a multi-sport European Championships from 2018 is part of an attempt to de-clutter a congested sporting schedule, and to help summer sports benefit from each other’s popularity.
European Championships interviews
Interviews with four of the federations taking part in the inaugural 2018 multi-sport European Championships about why they have signed up to the new concept.
DFB the biggest winner in swathe of deals
Germany’s football federation is set to earn about 35 per cent more from domestic media rights to its knockout cup competition, with deals to be announced in the coming weeks.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From February 4 to 17
Media rights clips from February 4 to 17