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One big deal down, one to go for Lagardère
The rights-trading subsidiaries of sports marketing company Lagardère Unlimited look set for a double boost. World Sport Group is close to renewing its contract with the Asian confederation, while Sportfive remains favourite to renew its deal for African confederation rights.
Infront enjoys jump in skiing fees
The Infront Sports & Media agency has secured fee increases in skiing deals with public-service broadcasters in both Austria and Norway.
Infront nets Asian hat-trick on back of Qatar deal
The Infront Sports & Media agency has closed multi-year rights agreements with three members of the Asian Football Confederation.
Qatar FA kicks-off AspireInfront partnership for national team rights
The Qatar Football Association has appointed the AspireInfront agency as its exclusive media and marketing partner for the men’s national team matches.
ORF extends FIS rights deal
Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has renewed and expanded a rights deal for various events run by the International Ski Federation (FIS).
ARD/ZDF reduce fee for World Ski Championships
German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF will pay a smaller rights fee for the Alpine and Nordic World Ski Championships in 2019 and 2021 than they did for 2015 and 2017, following a deal agreed last week.
ARD and ZDF secure FIS World Championship rights
German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have acquired rights for the International Ski Federation’s (FIS) Alpine and Nordic World Ski Championships in 2019 and 2021.
SRG SSR renews Tour de Suisse rights
Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has renewed a rights deal for the Tour de Suisse cycling race.
World Endurance Championship engages Infront to boost global footprint
The Automobile Club de l’Ouest and World Endurance Championship have appointed the Infront Sports & Media agency as the worldwide media rights distributor for the motor racing series.
Italian cup football rights bidders to start private talks
Italy’s Lega Serie A will initiate private negotiations with bidders for media-rights packages in relation to the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana club football competitions.
Biner to lead Infront’s sports services division
The Infront Sports & Media agency has appointed Adidas executive Sven Biner as the new director of its sports services unit.
Rai acquires rights to European Volleyball Championships
Italian state broadcaster Rai has acquired exclusive rights to the European Volleyball Confederation’s (CEV) 2015 men’s and women’s European Championships.
Lega Serie A issues tender for cup competitions
Italy’s Lega Serie A has issued a tender for the broadcast rights to the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana club football competitions for the three seasons spanning 2015-16 to 2017-18.
Polsat pounces for European volleyball rights
Polish pay-television operator Polsat has acquired rights for a variety of European Volleyball Confederation properties, including the 2015 and 2017 men’s and women’s European Championships.
HBS appointed as UCI Track Worlds set for broadcast innovation
Host Broadcast Services, a fully owned subsidiary of the Infront Sports & Media agency, has been selected by the International Cycling Union (UCI) to serve as host broadcaster of its 2015 Track World Championships, with the event set to feature onboard bike cameras for the first time.
Infront must shape its own destiny
The €1.05bn ($1.19bn) acquisition by Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda of the Infront Sports & Media agency this week is expected to make the agency even more aggressive in the rights market than it has been in the last two years, when it was being fattened up for sale.
Q&A with Infront Sports & Media
Responses supplied by Infront Sports & Media regarding the recent acquisition of the agency by the Dalian Wanda Group.
Infront to replace IMG as WEC distributor, report says
The Infront Sports and Media agency is to take over the marketing of media rights for the World Endurance Championship motor-racing series, according to the Motorsport Total news website.