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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.

The Union Cycliste Internationale’s decision to move away from pan-regional deals for its world championship events and appoint the Infront Sports & Media agency to sell the rights on a market-by-market basis appears to be paying off.

The Infront Sports & Media agency’s deals last week for World Championship and World Cup skiing events with Swedish public-service broadcaster SVT are thought to represent a decent increase on the current value of the rights.

Interview with Adam Mason, director of summer sports at Infront Sports & Media, on expanded coverage for the UCI world championships.

Lega Serie A, which operates the top division of football in Italy, could launch its own television channel as early as 2018, according to Marco Bogarelli, the president of the Infront Italy division of the Infront Sports & Media agency.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the German national men's and women's handball teams' away qualifying matches for the 2016 and 2018 European Handball Federation (EHF) European Championships.

Federazione Italiana Sport Invernali (Fisi), the Italian winter sports federation, has launched a new website in partnership with the Infront Sports & Media agency that will feature exclusive video content.

The MP & Silva, IMG and B4 Capital agencies have tabled bids for the international media rights for Serie A, the top division of football in Italy.