Lacrosse

International sports broadcaster ESPN has said it will provide live and on demand coverage of the forthcoming World Lacrosse Championships in Europe, the Middle East and Africa via ESPN Player, its direct-to-consumer service.

North America’s National Lacrosse League has agreed a streaming-rights partnership with social media platform Facebook.

The CBS Sports Digital division of US network CBS has sealed a streaming-rights deal with the North American National Lacrosse League.

North America’s National Lacrosse League has signed content partnerships with social media platform Twitter and over-the-top provider Xumo.

College sports conference the Colonial Athletic Association has furthered the reach of its men’s and women’s lacrosse programs by signing a rights agreement with digital video platform Lax Sports Network.

North American basketball league the NBA has agreed a deal with social media platform Facebook to stream live coverage of USA Basketball’s warm-up games for the summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

US pay-television broadcaster CBS Sports Network has agreed a multi-year extension to its television rights deal with the Patriot League collegiate sports organisation.

Lax Sports Network, a dedicated online lacrosse platform, will launch in the US on January 5, 2016.

Media rights clips from December 11 to January 14.

North America’s National Lacrosse League has agreed rights deals for its 2015 season with US sports broadcasters Universal Sports Network and ESPN, along with Canadian pay-television broadcaster TSN, and will launch a new online subscription platform.

Pay-television broadcaster ESPN will launch a new channel on its live and on-demand sports streaming service ESPN Player to cover the forthcoming 2014 World Lacrosse Championships throughout the UK and Europe.

Media rights clips from April 10 to April 30

US competition Major League Lacrosse has agreed an extension to its regional rights partnership with MSG Networks, the pay-television channel owned by New York sports venue Madison Square Gardens.

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Major League Lacrosse, the sport’s top league in North America, has struck a deal with YouTube to make games available on a live basis via the video-sharing website.

The Fox Sports Media Group division of US network Fox has acquired rights for the Eastern College Athletic Conference lacrosse competition. The length of the “multi-year” deal was not revealed.

Canadian pay-television sports broadcaster TSN has acquired rights for games featuring the Toronto Rock team in the country’s National Lacrosse League.