Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO)
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RTVE raises outlay in Vuelta rights renewal
Tour, Vuelta deals good for EBU and Discovery but ASO incentive uncertain
Tour de France OTT play in Canada may pave way for more fully-exclusive deals
Ryan Fenton, director of global rights acquisitions and partnerships at FloSports
ARD shifts to three-year Tour de France renewal as doping-related ‘test period’ ends
IMG’s Edgesport secures new content with ASO deal, GAME renewal
Australia’s SBS retains Tour de France rights until 2030
France Télévisions buoyed by minimal Tour de France-Roland Garros overlap
EBU retains Tour de France, Vuelta rights out to 2025
Features
EBU’s 20% ASO fee increase driven by Eurosport and ITV
Amaury Sport Organisation has increased the value of its Tour de France media rights across Europe by just under 20 per cent following a renewal with the European Broadcasting Union this month.
ARD set to renew Tour de France rights for small fee increase
ASO gets domestic Tour increase despite little competition
Amaury Sport Organisation secured a small increase in the value of its domestic rights, including the Tour de France, in last month’s five-year renewal with France Télévisions.
Vuelta down in home market
The value of Vuelta a España rights in Spain fell for the third successive time in a renewal with TVE last week.
Watching Brief (Vol.107) Special Focus: Cycling – Tour de France
Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences for the 2015 Tour de France
Vuelta earns 40% fee increase from EBU/Eurosport deal
The Vuelta a España cycle race earned a strong increase in media-rights fee from the European Broadcasting Union in a five-year deal finalised late last month.
ARD back in the saddle with cut-price Tour deal
German public-service broadcaster ARD will return to broadcasting the Tour de France cycle race in 2015 after agreeing a two-year deal earlier this month for substantially less than the old rights fee in Germany.
Eurosport renews Tour as French pay-TV operators pass
Eurosport France, the French arm of the pan-regional broadcaster, has renewed its non-exclusive domestic rights to cycling’s Tour de France.
Watching Brief (Vol.84) Special Focus: Cycling – Tour de France
Mike Kiernan, Analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, looks at audiences in key European markets for the 2014 Tour de France
Hugh Roberts, owner, SweetSpot Group
Interview with Hugh Roberts, owner of the SweetSpot Group, on retaining its contract to act as event host of the Tour of Britain.
SweetSpot to build on Tour of Britain ‘watershed’ year
SweetSpot outlines TV plans after renewing Tour of Britain contract for next five years
Competition from agencies and pay-TV helps ASO claw back rights value
Tour de France commits early to EBU despite interest from agencies and pay-TV companies