Eurosport

The Union Cycliste Internationale’s long-standing goal of centralising the media rights to the UCI World Tour looks set to be put on the back burner under new president Brian Cookson in favour of more achievable objectives: creating a coherent calendar and improving cycling as a television product.

Interview with Laurent Prud’homme, director of sports-rights acquisitions, and Géraldine Filiol, deputy managing director for international communications, marketing and external relations, Eurosport, on the UCI World Tour.

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired exclusive rights to ATP Stuttgart, one of the newest events to be added to the ATP World Tour, the leading global men’s professional tennis circuit.

British Eurosport, the UK arm of pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport, has expanded the reach of its British Eurosport 2 channel by agreeing a carriage deal with pay-television broadcaster BSkyB to feature on its Sky Go mobile television service.

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a deal with the Ligue Nationale de Volley for the rights to the Ligue A Féminine, the top division of French women’s volleyball.

Dorna Sports, the commercial rights-holder of the MotoGP racing championship, secured a decent increase in its rights fee from the German market in a deal with Eurosport late last month.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India, the local rights-holder and stakeholder in the Indian Super League, has revealed details of additional rights deals for the new football competition.

World Touring Car Championship promoter Eurosport Events has secured rights deals with eight free-to-air broadcasters in mainland China for the motor racing series’ forthcoming races in Beijing and Shanghai.

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired the exclusive television and digital rights for the MotoGP motorcycling championship in the Netherlands, as well as pay-television and digital rights in Belgium, for the four seasons running from 2015 to 2018.

European pay-television sports broadcaster Eurosport has confirmed the acquisition of rights in Germany for the MotoGP motorcycling world championship.

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a deal for the rights to the MotoGP motorcycling championship in Germany, according to Speedweek.com.

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired rights in the Nordic region for the 2014 ATP Stockholm Open men’s tennis tournament.

Pay-television broadcaster Setanta Asia doubled the value of European club rugby in Asia this month, adding the new Champions Cup competition to a strong rugby portfolio.

Pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport has acquired exclusive rights to German cyclist Jens Voigt’s attempt to break the record for the longest distance cycled in one hour.

Pan-regional sports broadcaster Eurosport Asia-Pacific has acquired rights for the National Badminton League, a new competition launched by the Badminton England governing body.

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired the worldwide rights for a number of events operated by the British Darts Organisation.