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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.

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.

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.

Responses supplied by Infront Sports & Media regarding the recent acquisition of the agency by the Dalian Wanda Group.

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.

Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda has formally submitted a bid to acquire the Infront Sports & Media agency, according to Swiss public-service broadcaster RTS.

The Infront Sports & Media agency is understood to be the strongest challenger to the Sportfive agency for the rights to the events of the Confédération Africaine de Football, including the flagship Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) and Infront Sports & Media agency have predicted record levels of coverage for the 2015 Freestyle and Snowboard World Championships, which got underway today (Thursday) in Kreischberg, Austria.

The Infront Sports & Media agency has reached an agreement to serve as a media production and distribution partner of the International Ski Mountaineering Federation.

Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda is closing in on a deal to acquire the Infront Sports & Media agency, according to the Financial Times newspaper.

The Infront Sports & Media agency, media and marketing partner of the European Handball Federation, has said the 2014 Women’s European Championships national team event will be aired in 145 countries, following agreements brokered with 85 broadcasters.

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport last week renewed a host of top skiing rights, with expanded exclusivity and at slight fee increases, in a deal with the Infront Sports & Media agency.

US private investment group Providence and two Chinese companies, including property firm Wanda, are considering bids for the Infront Sports & Media agency, according to the Financial Times.

Pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport has signed a long-term agreement with the Infront Sports & Media agency to consolidate its extensive portfolio of winter sports events through to the 2020-21 season.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired platform-neutral rights to the European Volleyball Confederation’s 2015 women’s championship national team event.

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.