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The European Broadcasting Union's new Tour de France deal will continue to ensure free-to-air coverage in 13 countries, but Warner Bros. Discovery is set to enjoy UK exclusivity as long-running coverage by EBU member ITV comes to an end.
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France Télévisions extended its exclusive domestic free-to-air rights to the Tour de France for five years, from 2026 to 2030, after agreeing to a slight uplift and recommitting to significant production costs.
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One of the most intense head-to-head battles in recent years in road cycling had the knock-on effect of producing stellar television ratings for this year’s Tour de France in the three key contributing m…
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France Télévisions has extended its exclusive domestic free-to-air rights to the Tour de France for five years, from 2026 to 2030.
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NBC Sports and the Peacock streaming service will continue to broadcast US coverage of the Tour de France and other major European road races following a six-year extension signed with promoter Amaury…
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The European Broadcasting Union and Warner Bros. Discovery have reported improved viewing figures for this year’s Tour de France, which concluded at the weekend.
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ESPN has renewed its media rights in Latin America and the Caribbean to the flagship Tour de France and other marquee international cycling competitions for another five years
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North American streaming service FloSports has extended its exclusive Canadian rights to the Tour de France in a five-year partnership running from 2024 through 2028
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Cycling’s Tour de France is set to be the latest sports property to receive the Netflix documentary series treatment after a deal was struck between the streaming platform, race organiser Amaury Sport O…
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Public-service broadcaster Radio France has agreed a three-year extension to its rights deal for the men’s Tour de France, while adding rights to the new women’s edition of the cycling ‘Grand Tour’. Rad
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Domestic viewing figures for the Tour de France remained strong on both France Télévisions, the public-service broadcaster, and Eurosport, the Discovery-owned sports broadcaster, despite the shifting o…
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Australian public-service broadcaster SBS will take its coverage of the Tour de France to four decades after extending its rights deal with the owners and organisers of the iconic cycling race, Amaury…
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The European Broadcasting Union, the umbrella body of mainly public-service broadcasters, has announced that total viewing hours for this year’s Tour de France have risen by 10.5
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French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has issued its support for the Tour de France’s rescheduled dates, saying that the minimal overlap with tennis’ French Open will ease its scheduling heada…
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The latest rights deals for cycling’s Tour de France and La Vuelta a España represent good business for the buyers, the European Broadcasting Union and Discovery Communications, industry insiders familiar with the deals told SportBusiness Media.
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The European Broadcasting Union has retained its rights to the Tour de France and Vuelta a España ‘Grand Tour’ cycling races out to 2025. T
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Tour de France rights-holder Amaury Sport Organisation’s decision to exclusively sell the property in Canada to OTT platform FloSports for the 2020-23 cycle represents an experiment that could lead to similar streaming partnerships in other territories, SportBusiness Media understands.
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Ryan Fenton discusses FloSports’ acquisition of Tour de France rights in Canada as well as the OTT platform’s wider cycling strategy.