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German federation gets small increase in international income
The German Ski Association, the Deutscher Skiverband (DSV), secured a small increase in the value of its media rights outside Germany in a renewal with the Infront Sports & Media agency this week.
Infront extends rights for Germany’s FIS World Cup events
The Infront Sports & Media agency has retained the international media rights to all International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup events taking place in Germany until the 2020-21 season under a renewed agreement with the German Ski Association (DSV).
Infront bolsters IIHF World Championship coverage with Mir TV deal
The Infront Sport & Media agency has reached a deal for Mir TV to broadcast the 2014 Men’s Ice Hockey World Championship in six markets of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Infront formalises Lega Serie A partnership
Infront Sports & Media and Italy’s Lega Serie A have formalised their agreement confirming the agency as the league’s exclusive adviser for the national and international media rights to all its properties, including the top division of Italian football, with packages for a domestic rights tender set to be defined in the “forthcoming days”.
SlovakSport.TV snaps up Champions Hockey League rights
Digital sports media service SlovakSport.TV has acquired exclusive rights in Slovakia and the Czech Republic for the inaugural season of the Champions Hockey League European club ice hockey tournament.
Infront Serie A deal confirmed as Napoli president storms out
The Infront Sports & Media agency’s contract as media adviser to Italian football’s Serie A was approved as expected yesterday, but not without some of the usual drama which has come to mark the league’s assemblies.
Infront and IOC hail sub-Saharan strategy for Sochi 2014
The Infront Sports & Media agency and International Olympic Committee have hailed the success of the sub-Saharan broadcast strategy put in place for the 2014 Sochi winter Games, adding the initiative will be repeated for the forthcoming Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.
Mediaset secures huge cash injection – report
Italian media group Mediaset has secured a €700m ($966m) loan from three banks to help cover its expenditure on football rights, according to Il Sole 24 Ore.
SBS interest is strong but cannot dislodge EBU
SBS shows interest in skating but not enough to shake off EBU
FMS close to deal in Singapore, the last of a lucrative Asian sales round
SingTel close to deal for Fifa World Cup rights for 2014
Premier Sports signs IIHF Worlds deal
UK-pay television broadcaster Premier Sports has renewed a multi-platform rights deal for the Ice Hockey World Championship national team tournament.
First steps on long road for new elite Euro competition
Infront strikes first deals for new Champions Hockey League
Advanced talks in two skiing deals
EBU close to renewing deal for Austrian skiing rights
Pitch muscles out rival agencies
Pitch International lands volleyball World Championship in 2014
Serie A jumps through more hoops
Italy has more laws on its statute books than any other European country but Italians are famous for considering them to be mere suggestions, polite recommendations, even paternalistic forms of advice, rather than binding rules...
Serie A clubs give green light to media rights guidelines
The Lega Serie A assembly, comprising the 20 clubs of the top division of Italian football, has approved the guidelines for the sale of media rights for three seasons, from 2015-16 to 2017-18.
Channel operators heat up market for Belgian league
Belgian Pro League spoiled for choice ahead of key meeting to discuss media-rights offers
MTV on the ice with Champions Hockey League in Finland
Commercial and pay-television broadcaster MTV has acquired rights in Finland for the new Champions Hockey League pan-European ice hockey club tournament.