US College Sport

The Big Ten Network, a joint venture between US college sport organisation the Big Ten Conference and the Fox Entertainment Group division of US media company 21st Century Fox, has agreed a distribution partnership with sports streaming specialist FloSports.

The Van Wagner Sports & Entertainment agency has agreed a multi-year rights partnership with US college sport organisation the Big South Conference.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has reached an agreement with social media platform Twitter to stream live coverage of American football games from the Ivy League US collegiate sports conference.

The Learfield Sports agency has confirmed that it has merged with the IMG College division of the WME|IMG agency.

Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba has extended and expanded its partnership with US college sports organisation the Pac-12 Conference, taking in media rights distribution for the first time.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has widened its coverage of US sports in Italy by acquiring rights to National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball and American football.

Sports marketing and media firm Van Wagner Sports and Entertainment has agreed a long-term rights partnership with Towson University in the US.

The IMG agency has entered into a 10-year multimedia rights partnership with the University of Hawaii’s athletics department.

The Big Ten collegiate athletic conference has agreed a set of new domestic media-rights deals, increasing the value of the existing package by almost 300 per cent.

Pac-12 Networks, the content and multi-platform media company for the Pac-12 US college sports conference, has signed a multi-year partnership with US OTT streaming service FuboTV.

Social media platform Facebook has agreed a deal to stream live coverage of 15 US college American football games during the 2017-18 academic year.

The IMG College division of the IMG agency has extended its multimedia rights partnership with the athletics department of the University of Arkansas.

The Learfield Sports agency has agreed a multimedia rights partnership with the Atlantic 10 Conference US college sports organisation and also renewed a deal with Eastern Kentucky University (EKU).

The Learfield Sports agency has agreed a multimedia rights partnership with the University of California, Davis, while the IMG College division of the IMG agency has extended a deal with the University of Akron.

The Learfield Sports agency has agreed a multimedia rights partnership with the athletics department of Northern Arizona University in the US.

Sports broadcaster ESPN has exercised an option to extend a rights deal in the US for Brigham Young University’s American football games.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has secured rights to this year’s Holiday Bowl US college American football game.

Sports marketing and media firm Van Wagner Sports and Entertainment has agreed a long-term rights partnership with the athletics division of Liberty University in the US.