Eurovision Sport

Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Alan Fagan, previously a leading European rights executive at ESPN, has been hired by the EBU as managing director of its new sports streaming platform, replacing Jean-Baptiste Casta.
Cycling
Media

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.
Aquatics
Media

World Aquatics events will continue to receive free-to-air exposure via the European Broadcasting Union in a key agreement for a federation which derives the bulk of its commercial revenues from sponsors
Orienteering
Media

The International Orienteering Federation will benefit from wider media exposure after agreeing a rights deal with the European Broadcasting Union for streaming on the new Eurovision Sport platform.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

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.
Multi-sport
Industry Moves

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.
Athletics
Media

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.
Multiple Sports
Media

The European Broadcasting Union’s OTT sports platform unveiled today (Monday) has been positioned as non-competitive to members’ existing digital platforms and will rely heavily on Europe’s free-to-air broad…
Multi-sport
Fan Engagement

Carving out digital clips to be used in-competition by athletes and sports bodies looks set to become the norm in media rights negotiations for events below the top tier, according to Glen Killane, executive…
Multi-sport
Media

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…
Athletics
Media

Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), has claimed a first for sport on the continent by partnering with European Athletics to use artificial intelligence technology…
Basketball
Media

The International Basketball Federation’s (Fiba’s) 3x3 division has announced a rights deal with Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the Eurovision Broadcasting Union (EBU) consortium of public-service bro…
Football
Media

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…
Cycling
Media

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 …
Multi-sport
Industry Moves

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…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

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

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

The European Broadcasting Union and Warner Bros. Discovery intend to discuss greater cross promotion of Olympic content following the pair’s joint four-Games rights deal in Europe.