Multi-sport

Portuguese telecommunications companies Nos and Vodafone have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding under which they are set to share broadcast rights for sports events.

Media company Liberty Global has completed a deal to acquire Cable & Wireless Communications, the London-listed Caribbean telecommunications operator, in an agreement it says will create the leading television, broadband and telecoms firm in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The IMG agency will launch a new in-flight sports channel to accompany its existing Sport 24 platform.

The UK’s Culture Secretary, John Whittingdale, has confirmed that the government will not alter the ‘crown jewels’ list of sporting events reserved for free-to-air television in the country.

US sports broadcaster ESPN and telecommunications company Verizon have reached a settlement in their lawsuit over the latter’s ‘Custom TV’ programming package.

Indian pay-television broadcaster Neo Sports has broadened its reach by agreeing a carriage deal with pay-television provider Tata Sky.

Taiwanese live streaming application 17 has secured a $23m (€20m) investment from the Le Sports Innovation Fund, an investment vehicle operated by Le Sports, part of Chinese internet company LeEco.

The US Federal Communications Commission has voted to approve the proposed merger of Charter Communications and fellow pay-television operator Time Warner Cable, an agreement that is set to create the world’s second largest cable television and internet provider.

The European Broadcasting Union has said talks with Romanian government officials over the future of Televiziunea Română (TVR) have been constructive following the suspension last month of the public-service broadcaster’s EBU membership privileges.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has unveiled plans to launch a new sports service on its over-the-top platform, Hotstar.

US over-the-top streaming service FuboTV has agreed a carriage deal with North American sports broadcaster One World Sports.

UK telecommunications company BT, which operates pay-television broadcaster BT Sport, has hailed a “landmark year” for the business in its financial results, adding that the first season of its rights deal for Uefa club football competitions has helped to increase daily audience figures by 45 per cent.

Spanish agency Mediapro has sealed a five-year syndicated loan agreement with eight banks worth €306m ($352.2m), in a move it said will aid expansion plans.

Moldovan public-service broadcaster Teleradio-Moldova has launched a new television channel to accommodate an increase in sports coverage.

The Vice Sports division of media company Vice Media has agreed a deal to produce an exclusive short-form series for sports broadcaster ESPN.

Servus TV, the commercial broadcaster owned by the Red Bull Media House division of Red Bull, will cease operations, the energy drinks giant said today (Tuesday).