Golf
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.
European Tour Productions’ 2019 turnover neared £100m as profit rises
European Tour Productions, the Tour’s host broadcast and media-rights sales arm in which the US-based PGA Tour recently agreed to acquire a minority stake, has reported turnover of £99.5m (€110.4m/$134.5m)
Discovery to showcase PGA Tour on Eurosport in 36 countries
Media group Discovery has opted to showcase live and highlights coverage of golf’s PGA Tour on its Eurosport channels in 36 European and Central Asian markets in 2021.
ESPN+ to expand PGA Tour featured-hole coverage
The PGA Tour and ESPN have reached an agreement for direct-to-consumer platform ESPN+ to stream live, featured-hole coverage from 23 Tour events in 2021
Discovery and JTBC build on PGA Tour rights deal with JV project
South Korean broadcaster JTBC Plus has built on its association with global media group Discovery by signing an agreement to form a joint venture to further develop golf in the country