Surfing

The World Surf League has extended its rights deal with the CBS Sports division of US network CBS and has agreed a new partnership with Bleacher Report Live, the OTT sports service from media company Turner.

Pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN Brasil has extended its rights to the World Surf League, while Brazilian telco Bandeirantes has agreed a deal with the Professional Bull Riders organisation.

The World Surf League is set to almost double the value of its media rights in Australia via a new deal with pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports, TV Sports Markets has learned

The World Surf League has expanded its global digital rights deal with Facebook, securing a significantly higher fee.

Social media platform Facebook has sealed an exclusive digital partnership with the World Surf League.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights to International Surfing Association events in a number of markets around the world.

The International Surfing Association (ISA) has launched a new mobile application that will allow fans to stream coverage of the upcoming World Surfing Games.

The International Surfing Association has become the latest global governing body to sign a content partnership with the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Channel.

The World Surf League has increased the reach of its digital content via a partnership with Wazee Digital, a provider of cloud video management.

The World Surf League has agreed a deal with Facebook that will allow the social media platform to offer live coverage of the 2017 season of the competition.

Australian commercial broadcaster Nine has entered into a partnership with the Surfing Australia national governing body.

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired highlights rights in the Asia-Pacific region for four leading surfing events through an agreement with the International Surfing Association.

The International Surfing Association has named the Broadreach Media agency as the exclusive distributor of its media rights in a host of territories.

Australian live streaming platform Epicentre.TV has acquired rights to the men’s World Bodyboarding Tour through an agreement with the Association of Professional Bodyboarders.

USA

The World Surf League has agreed a rights partnership with US pay-television broadcaster Universal Sports Network.

Media rights clips from March 26 to April 15

Brazilian pay-television broadcaster Globosat has signed a multi-year partnership to show events from the World Surf League.

Media rights clips from December 11 to January 14.