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NBC Sports, iRacing partner for short-track esports competition
NBC Sports has unveiled its second esports motorsport competition to help fill the void amid the sports shutdown caused by the global Covid-19 pandemic
NBC Sports to broadcast IndyCar iRacing series
IndyCar is partnering with NBC Sports for the IndyCar iRacing Challenge, a new esports competition featuring a field of NTT Indycar Series drivers.
PGA Tour embraces ESPN+ in lucrative nine-year domestic rights deals
The PGA Tour has finalised nine-year domestic media rights deals with incumbent rights-holders CBS, the commercial network, and the Comcast-owned NBC Sports Group, while agreeing a landmark streaming deal…
NBC Sports sets new Olympics ad sales record for Tokyo 2020
US network tops 2016 Rio sales with nearly five months to go before Games set to start
NBC Sports adds MotoGP to its motorsport portfolio
NBC Sports will broadcast all MotoGP races across its platforms beginning in 2020, including four races on the main NBC network
NFL generates 7-per-cent US ratings boost during Wild Card weekend
First weekend of playoffs continues audience gains for the league shown during the regular season
NFL finishes 2019 regular season up 5 per cent in US ratings
Audience boost is second in a row after two years of decline, and comes despite poor team performance in top three markets
NBC Sports surpasses $1bn in US ad sales for Tokyo 2020
Network still expects to set new Olympics sales record
NBC signs multi-year extension with American Flat Track
NBC Sports has announced a multi-year extension of its broadcast deal with US dirt track motorcycling series American Flat Track (AFT)
Molly Solomon promoted to lead NBC’s Olympics coverage
Veteran TV executive Molly Solomon will lead NBC’s Olympics coverage, starting with the 2020 Tokyo Games, after being promoted to executive president and producer of the network’s Olympics unit.
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Nascar partners with NBC Sports to launch OTT streaming service
US stock car racing series Nascar is stepping up its efforts in the direct-to-consumer streaming space by partnering with NBC Sports to launch TrackPass on subscription service NBC Sports Gold.
NBC races off with US Ski & Snowboard rights renewal
NBC Sports Group has retained media rights in the US market to events that fall under the auspices of US Ski & Snowboard in a renewal that runs until the end of the 2021-22 season
NBC Sports to grant broadcast showcase for Nascar esports series
North American stock-car racing series Nascar has struck an agreement with US commercial and pay-television broadcaster NBC Sports to deliver live coverage of its esports championship for the first time
Eli Velazquez EVP for Sports at NBCUniversal Telemundo at SDMS Miami
Eli Velazquez EVP for Sports at NBCUniversal Telemundo discusses how rights holders need to be creative with content development around their IP.