US College Sport

African pay-television broadcaster Kwesé TV has acquired exclusive rights to the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s 2017 Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, an event more commonly known as March Madness.

Technology giant Intel has signed a multi-year partnership to provide virtual reality content for US college sport, commencing with the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s 2017 Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, an event otherwise known as March Madness.

The University of Georgia’s athletics division has sealed a long-term extension of its multimedia and marketing rights partnership with the IMG College division of the IMG agency and US collegiate marketing agency JMI Sports.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has acquired rights to annual college American football game the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl.

The Atlantic 10 Conference will stream a number of regular-season basketball games live on social media platform Facebook in a move it claims marks a first for a US college sports organisation.

Telecommunications company Econet Media, which operates in sub-Saharan Africa, has agreed a long-term partnership with international sports broadcaster ESPN for its Kwesé sports service.

The IMG College division of the IMG agency has extended its multimedia rights deal with the University of South Carolina in the US.

North American sports broadcaster One World Sports has agreed a deal with digital sports media content company Whistle Sports to stream live coverage of American football games from the Ivy League US collegiate sports conference.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has launched a new mobile application to allow fans to access virtual reality coverage of the college American football game between Ohio State and Oklahoma on September 17.

The University of California, Berkeley, in the US has signed a multimedia rights deal with the Learfield Sports agency, in a move that will end an existing relationship with the IMG College division of the IMG agency.

US college sports conference the Pac-12 has agreed a multi-year rights deal with Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports in the latest part of its global expansion effort.

BAMTech, the video technology business of MLB Advanced Media, the interactive media arm of Major League Baseball, has agreed a rights, technology and investment partnership with US digital sports media company Silver Chalice Ventures.

The University of Miami has claimed a first for US college sport by developing a virtual reality channel for fans of its athletics teams.

Australian pay-television operator Foxtel has acquired rights to the 2016 College Football Sydney Cup, which will act as the season-opener of the 2016 National Collegiate Athletic Association College Football Championships.

US broadcasters CBS and Turner agreed to pay a 43-per-cent fee increase to lock down NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship rights until 2032.

Media rights clips from February 4 to 17