Sunday night's Super Bowl drew 106.5 million viewers on the CBS network, making it the most watched programme in US TV history, according to preliminary Nielsen TV ratings.
Sports technology, information and content provider STATS has agreed a multi-year partnership to be the official real-time data licensor for MLB Advanced Media, the interactive media and internet company of Major League Baseball.
The shortlist of the Global Sports Forum Barcelona Trophies has been announced. The Trophies are a series of awards to showcase high-quality sport-related initiatives in areas at the heart of the debates due to take place throughout the Global Sports Forum from March 8 to 10.
European fans will be able to watch live coverage of the Vancouver Winter Olympics live online, on a website operated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
NBC, Fox, ESPN, CBS and Time Warner will challenge for the US media rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics, but it is not shaping up to be a cut-throat bidding war.
London production company Input Media will produce the world feed and daily highlights for the French Open tennis championships for the next three years after extending an existing deal.
International Biathlon Union events will remain on public-service television across Europe in 2010 to 2014 thanks to a new deal with the European Broadcasting Union.
Nine UK pubs screened the world’s first live sports event broadcast in 3D on Sunday – the Premier League clash between Manchester United and Arsenal.
Uefa’s Champions League final has for the first time beaten the Super Bowl as the most-watched annual sports event worldwide.
Greece and Portugal are the latest European territories where the IEC in Sports agency has agreed television deals for the athletics’ World Championships in 2011 and 2013.
