HomeSkiingEurope

EBU strikes deal with IMG for Austrian skiing rights in Europe

  • European Broadcasting Union to buy rights to Austrian ski association events in Europe
  • Deal with IMG will be worth €8.2m per season and will run from 2018-19 to 2023-24
  • ARD/ZDF separately acquired rights in Germany for €3.3m per season
European Broadcasting Union members will retain access to Austrian ski association events from 2018-19, TV Sports Markets understands, after the consortium of public-service broadcasters struck a deal with IMG.

The EBU will pay €8.2m ($9.7m) per season for rights to all Fédération Internationale de Ski (Fis) World Cup events held in Austria, from 2018-19 to 2023-24. Its deal covers Europe, excluding Germany and Austria. The deal is yet to be finalised but has been agreed in principle.

You need to have a subscription to access this content

If you would like more information on our Media product please contact our sales team

Already have an account? Sign in here

Related Articles

Skiing
Europe

Italian public-service broadcaster Rai is close to finalising a deal with Italian agency Media Partners to acquire the rights for skiing’s alpine world cup.
Ice Hockey
Canada

Ice Hockey: Regional sports channel Fox Sports Florida agreed a multi-year extension to its rights agreement with the NHL’s Florida Panthers. The new deal begins in the 2012-13 season.

Related News

Skiing
Norway

The Norwegian Media Authority, Medietilsynet, has issued a warning to commercial broadcaster TV2 after it breached advertising rules during coverage of a round of the FIS Cross-Country World Cup in December
Skiing
Global

Freeride World Tour, the annual tour of events featuring top freeskiers and snowboard freeriders, has renewed a rights deal with action sports broadcaster Fuel TV
Skiing
Global

The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has added to its team at its new in-house commercial division with the appointment of Fifa’s Benjamin Stoll as director of digital and innovation.
Skiing
Norway

Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 is facing investigation from the Norwegian Media Authority, Medietilsynet, after it appeared to break advertising rules during coverage of a recent round of the FIS…

Most recent

Cricket
United Kingdom

The new South African domestic T20 league, SA20, has secured a promising media rights return in its inaugural season, driven mostly by deals in its domestic market and in India.
Skiing
Europe

As the battle over the centralisation of skiing rights rumbles on, Infront’s on-sale of Swiss-Ski rights has sprung no surprises, with the agency discreetly agreeing deals with existing FIS World Cup broadcasters.
Football
Germany

Uefa will see a slight increase in the value of its Champions League media rights in Germany amid tough conditions for rights-holders as a result of macroeconomic gloom, cost-cutting and uncertainty over the potential sale of pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland.
Motorsport
Spain

An absence of strong competition ensured multi-platform broadcaster DAZN renewed its rights in Spain to MotoGP at a flat fee, mirroring recent trends for major media rights deals in the country.