Golf
PGA Tour-European Tour ‘alliance’ includes ETP minority shareholding
Golf’s European Tour and PGA Tour have announced a “Strategic Alliance” involving working together on international media rights sales and the acquisition of a minority stake in European Tour Productions by th…
ESPN’s “College GameDay” to air live at Augusta during The Masters
ESPN and Augusta National have announced that College GameDay will be broadcast live at next month's Masters tournament on November 14
Turner Sports finalizes details for third version of “The Match”
Turner Sports has finalized plans for a third iteration of “The Match,” with the planned November 27 event to feature two new superstars to join event holdovers Phil Mickelson and Peyton Manning.
PGA Tour to integrate betting odds into linear telecast for first time
The PGA Tour has announced that this week's CJ Cup at Shadow Creek will be the organization's first tournament to feature live betting odds during a linear telecast
IMG Arena’s in-play golf betting product ‘soft-launches’ on Bet365 platform
IMG Arena, the sports betting unit of the IMG agency, has soft-launched its in-play betting golf product outside of North America on the Bet365 platform at this week’s Shriners Hospitals for Children O…
The Masters to finish early to accommodate NFL, college football broadcasts
The final two rounds of the postponed Masters tournament will be given an earlier-than-usual finish to accommodate National Football League and college football games also being broadcast by CBS Sports…
Canal Plus locks in European Tour rights for eight years in France renewal
Canal Plus and the European Tour renewed their deal in France for a mammoth eight years in what is seen as an attempt by the broadcaster to fend off the potential threat of Discovery’s GolfTV channel.
GolfTV audience spikes on back of Tiger Woods content, additional rights markets
GolfTV displayed substantial growth in users and subscribers in July, with content featuring Tiger Woods, a global content partner of the Discovery-owned subscription streaming platform, a major contributor…
PGA Championship delivers TV ratings success for CBS, ESPN
The PGA Championship delivered a domestic television ratings boost for both CBS Sports and ESPN as viewers tuned in to see American Collin Morikawa take the first men's golf major championship of the year
Rose faces McDowell as part of R&A’s Mastercard-backed e-Open
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St
GolfTV enters Russia with Rostelecom in first linear deal
International streaming service GolfTV has launched in Russia on telco Rostelecom’s digital video service, Wink, making it the first country where GolfTV is shown as a linear channel.
Nent not expecting further ‘material’ rights fee compensation
The Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent) has said that it is not expecting any more substantial rights fee compensation following the disruption to the sporting calendar caused by the Covid-19 pandemic
Canal Plus renews European Tour, Ryder Cup rights in France
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has renewed its rights to the European Tour and Ryder Cup golf competitions in a multi-year deal running from 2021
Fox eyes future renewals after parting ways with US Golf Association
US broadcaster Fox elected to walk away from its rights to US Golf Association events to free up funds for properties more fitting its portfolio, market experts have told SportBusiness Media.
Schedule conflicts pave way for NBC Sports takeover of USGA rights
A pandemic-fueled schedule conflict between the United States Golf Association and the National Football League has helped fuel a broad-based switch of the USGA’s domestic media rights from Fox Sports t…
US Open ‘to return’ to NBC with Fox deal to end
US network NBC is poised to regain rights to United States Golf Association events including the U.S
ITV lands weekly PGA Tour highlights rights for rest of 2020
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired highlights rights to the US PGA Tour for the remainder of the 2020 season, marking the first time the network has shown professional golf in over 30 years
PGA Tour seals ESPN+ featured-hole streaming partnership for 2020 season
The PGA Tour and ESPN have reached an agreement for direct-to-consumer platform ESPN+ to stream live, featured-hole coverage from 12 Tour events this season