European Broadcasting Union

Structural changes unveiled this morning at the EBU have been put in place with a view to the onboarding of Olympics broadcast rights and to further develop the new Eurovision Sport streaming platform.

Pascal Fratellia, the European Broadcasting Union’s director of Olympics and head of football rights for close to 15 years, is leaving the free-to-air broadcasting consortium.

The Marketing & Media Solutions agency and PC Plus Group have secured media rights in sub-Saharan Africa for all World Athletics Series events from 2024 to 2029 in a deal with Eurovision Sport.

The European Broadcasting Union, the umbrella body of free-to-air broadcasters, has acquired media rights in 39 European territories to the 37th edition of the America’s Cup, sailing’s blue-riband eve…

This year’s Special Olympics World Games in the German capital of Berlin will receive widespread coverage across some major European markets after Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting U…

Fifa has extended its media rights agreement for the 2023 Women’s World Cup with the European Broadcasting Union, ensuring the tournament will be screened in the major markets of France, Germany, Italy, S…

Rugby Europe has struck a deal with the European Broadcasting Union that will see its rugby sevens events televised by public-service broadcasters in the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland and Spain

DAZN sublicensed free-to-air rights to this year's Uefa Women’s Champions League final to the European Broadcasting Union in 12 markets to ensure wider exposure for the property, despite its existing agreement with YouTube for free-to-air coverage of the competition.

The European Broadcasting Union’s 12-market deal with DAZN for sublicensed rights to the Uefa Women’s Champions League final includes commitments from public broadcasters in the Nordic countries of Fin…

Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting Union, has agreed a sublicensing deal with rights-holder DAZN for coverage of the Uefa Women’s Champions League final in a dozen markets, S…

Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) consortium of mainly public-service broadcasters, has expanded its deal with Unipublic, operator of the Vuelta a España, by reaching …

Pascal Fratellia, the long-serving European Broadcasting Union sports rights executive, is switching from his role of commercial director at Eurovision Sport to head up a dedicated Olympics team at the…

European broadcasters have welcomed a continued commitment from member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to finalise a treaty that would harmonise anti-piracy protections for…

The bidding alliance formed by the EBU and WBD faced no pan-European competition from an agency alternative during the IOC's recent tender, prompting protracted negotiations over the fee and additional inventory to get a deal over the line.

Eurovision Services, the broadcast services arm of the European Broadcasting Union, has been sold to Dubag Group, the Munich-based private equity firm

The recent capture of Olympics broadcast rights by the European Broadcasting Union in a joint deal with Warner Bros