Golf
Eclat secures three-year deal for Open rights in APAC
Eclat Media Group has continued its effort to replace Fox Sports as the dominant pay-television broadcaster in Asia-Pacific, acquiring exclusive rights to The Open Championship across the region in a three-year deal.
ESPN+ unveils expansive PGA Tour Live coverage in 2022
ESPN and the PGA Tour have unveiled details for the inaugural season of PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ in 2022, which will more than triple the total coverage of the Tour's direct-to-consumer streaming service.
PGA Tour details extensive purse increases for 2022
Commissioner Monahan outlines in memo to players plans for widespread pay boosts
LIV Golf Investments appoints ex-Endeavor executive Staeger to media role
LIV Golf Investments, the new Saudi-backed entity focused on making strategic investments in golf, has appointed Will Staeger as its chief media officer.
ABP secures Professional Golf Tour of India digital rights
Indian free-to-air news channel ABP has secured an agreement to become the become the digital media partner for the Professional Golf Tour of India
Singtel announces SPOTV deal, reveals Open and WTT rights
Singaporean telco Singtel has officially announced its carriage deal with SPOTV, the new pan-regional sports pay-television broadcaster in Asia-Pacific
Foxtel renews US Masters rights
Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel has renewed its rights for the US Masters golf tournament in a multi-year deal beginning with the 2022 event
Sky recommits to LPGA, LET and Solheim Cup
UK pay television broadcaster Sky Sports has secured a three-year extension to its media rights deals for the Ladies Professional Golf Association and the Ladies European Tour
PGA Tour ‘secures’ Netflix docuseries
The PGA Tour has reportedly secured a deal with global streaming service Netflix to launch a behind-the-scenes docuseries featuring several of the organization's top golfers.
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Eclat, Aser, beIN and others bid to fill Fox Sports Asia gap
Sports rights formerly held by Fox Sports Asia, which is shutting down next month, have attracted bids from several companies interested in taking over the Disney-owned pay-television platform's position…
IMG producing on-site coaching show from PGA Championship
The IMG agency is producing a daily live digital show from this week’s PGA Championship at Kiawah Island, South Carolina that showcases golf coaching by PGA professionals.
PGA Tour sponsor BetMGM signs up to IMG Arena’s golf product
US sports betting operator BetMGM is to offer IMG Arena’s golf data and live streaming service to its betting customers.
AWS signs up with PGA Tour in latest cloud computing deal
Golf’s PGA Tour has become the latest sports property to team up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in a deal that names the company as the official cloud provider of the organisation.
Golf data report, 2021
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the golf media-rights landscape.
Tender launched for 2023 Solheim Cup world feed production
The organisers of women’s golf’s 2023 Solheim Cup in Spain have issued a request for proposals for the world feed broadcast production services for the tournament.
FanDuel Sportsbook to offer PGA Tour highlights to users
US gaming company FanDuel Group has announced it will begin providing real-time highlights of PGA Tour events to FanDuel Sportsbook app users
PGA Tour to debut second-screen betting broadcast on Peacock
The PGA Tour has announced it will debut a second-screen betting-infused broadcast on NBC Sports' streaming service Peacock Premium for the Waste Management Phoenix Open on February 4-7
Big year for Korean golf rights as JTBC seeks to squeeze out SBS
It will be a consequential year for golf in South Korea, one of the most lucrative territories for the sports media rights in Asia, as one of the market’s four biggest properties comes up for renewal, a new deal begins for another, and a major golf content joint-venture gets underway.