Liga MX side Chivas Guadalajara announced Chivas TV will carry the women's team's games in addition to the men's. Chivas TV tweeted, "In #ChivasTV 2.0 we welcome @ChivasFemenil! Now your subscription also includes the Rojiblancas' games." The Chivas women's team is currently in seventh place (LA AFICIÓN, 8/7).
Zlatan Ibrahimović announced a new mobile action game with a "dramatic advert featuring an animated version of him wearing a robot suit." The minute-long clip "begins with a slow zoom out from a close-up of the suit, accompanied by tense music" and Ibrahimović's voice. Ibrahimović said, "I thought there were no challenges left. That's when they came -- a new game, new rules and a new rival" (London DAILY MAIL, 8/8).
The U.S. PGA Championship at Quail Hollow "will be aired live on eir Sport this week," the Irish subscription broadcaster announced on Tuesday. It is the second golf major of the year to be broadcast on eir Sport, following The Masters in April (IRISH TIMES, 8/8).
Octagon announced the launch of the agency's global media rights consulting practice. The new group will provide strategic consultation to major domestic and int'l rights holders, broadcasters, emerging distribution platforms and the sports investment community. The new offering will be led by sports media exec Daniel Cohen, who will serve as SVP, Octagon Media Rights Consulting (SPORTS AGENT BLOG, 8/7).
The organizing committee for the 2017 Int'l Blind Sports Federation Blind Football European Championships revealed the broadcasting plans for the event set to take place in Berlin from Aug. 18-27. All 27 matches will be streamed live, with two streams being made available -- one with English commentary and one in German (IPC).
The Russian government "plans to allocate the National Sports TV Channel, the operator of Match TV," up to 1B rubles ($16.7M) for coverage of the 2019 Universiade. The funds will reportedly be provided "within the framework" of the Development of Physical Culture & Sports and used for "renting equipment, obtaining licences, permits and frequencies for broadcasting, decorating studios and paying transportation costs and salaries" (BROADBAND TV NEWS, 8/8).
