ESPN has bolstered its college sport portfolio by announcing an extension to its exclusive agreement with the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in a deal worth a reported US$3.6 billion over 15 years.

Four of the sports broadcasting industry’s most respected figures will speak at the first TVSM Live event in Paris on Thursday, May 10.

The English Premier League on Thursday fired the starting gun in the highly anticipated race for its lucrative domestic broadcast rights for the three seasons from 2013-14 to 2015-16.

The forthcoming Ice Hockey World Championship is set to become the latest major sporting event to open up to YouTube after Infront Sports & Media announced the development of an official channel for the tournament.

Sports broadcaster ESPN will make its first UK foray into second-screen viewing during its coverage of this weekend's FA Cup final following a deal with social TV app fanatix. 

Monday’s top-of-the-table Barclays Premier League clash between local rivals Manchester City and Manchester United attracted a record-breaking audience of more than four million viewers to UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB, according to research by SportBusiness Intelligence.

Ohio University has been named the world’s best postgraduate sports course provider by SportBusiness International’s Postgraduate Sports Course Ranking 2012.

ESPN has announced the launch of a new platform which aims to become the “definitive” source for football coverage worldwide.

The Australian government and the country’s major sporting codes have hailed a court ruling that states telecommunications company Optus cannot re-broadcast games online.

Digital media company Perform has launched more than 50 digital sports channels on social networking website Facebook as it aims to build its subscriber business and video-on-demand (VOD) service.