International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
Nine acquires 2024 Paralympics to complement Olympics rights
Australian media group Nine Entertainment has acquired exclusive rights to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
Reddentes secures Paralympics broadcast rights in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan
Reddentes Sports, the Singapore-based sports media rights consultancy, will continue to sell Paralympics broadcast rights in Southeast Asia after signing off an agreement that covers the Paris 2024 Games
Tokyo 2020 broadcasting leads IPC revenues and expenses to both hit €53m
The International Paralympic Committee has reported revenues of €53.4m for 2021, a sizeable uplift on 2020 due to the one-off ‘Tokyo 2020 Broadcast project’.
The broadcast initiative represented €28.9m – or
IPC commissions Saatchi & Saatchi executive Lisko to lead on global media rights
The International Paralympic Committee has turned to media and marketing communications executive John Lisko to serve as its external managing director of global media rights
IPC extends association with ‘Rising Phoenix’ producers
The International Paralympic Committee has extended its exclusive agreement with Harder Than You Think, giving the creative and campaigning company the film documentary and television series rights to…
France Télévisions becomes biggest spender in deal for 2024 Paralympics
France Télévisions’ deal for media rights to the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games in Paris will see the event’s value increase by over 6,000 per cent in France, despite the fee falling below the original asking price.
EBU members outline record Paralympics output on linear television
Members of the European Broadcasting Union plan to offer a combined total of at least 1,200 hours of live linear broadcast coverage from the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games, which will begin tomorrow (Tuesday)
Paralympics aired FTA in 49 sub-Saharan African countries in TVMS distribution
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has detailed plans to provide free-to-air coverage of the forthcoming Tokyo Paralympics to 49 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, with content produced by the…
Mediacorp acquires Tokyo Paralympics rights in Singapore
Mediacorp, Singapore's state-owned broadcaster, has acquired the media rights to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games after striking a deal with Singapore-based marketing agency Reddentes Sports
IPC sees watershed European rights fee rise in Infront deal
The International Paralympics Committee has secured a step-change increase in the value of its European rights in its deal with the Infront agency, covering the 2022 winter and 2024 summer Paralympic Games.
IPC to use Egoli Media’s AI technology to create improved archive revenue streams
The International Paralympic Committee has appointed Egoli Media, the artificial intelligence-enabled technology and media company, in a wide-ranging deal that includes the digitisation of over 8,000 hours…
Infront displaces EBU as Paralympics broadcast rights-holder in Europe
The Infront agency has won a high-profile piece of new business after acquiring the European broadcast rights to the Beijing 2022 and Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
Free-to-air Paralympics coverage in sub-Saharan Africa as IPC waives fee
Free-to-air coverage of Tokyo’s 2020 Paralympics, which will take place next summer, will be shown by broadcasters in at least 24 sub-Saharan African countries thanks to an agreement announced by the I…
Summer Paralympics value holds steady in UK in Channel 4 renewal
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 kept its outlay flat on summer Paralympics media rights in its renewal for the Paris 2024 edition, SportBusiness Media understands.
IPC looks to gauge interest in European media rights with RFI
The International Paralympic Committee has begun preparing the ground for its sale of broadcast rights in Europe to Paris’ 2024 Paralympics and Beijing’s 2022 winter Paralympics by starting a continent-wide req…
Channel 4 extends Paralympics commitment with Paris 2024 deal
Free-to-air commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has secured the UK rights to Paris’ 2024 Paralympics in a new agreement with the International Paralympic Committee.
IPC broadcast rights manager Vapaille on the move
Alexis Vapaille, broadcasting rights manager at the International Paralympic Committee, has left his role after working for eight years at the Bonn-based world governing body
UK adds Paralympic Games to listed events
The UK government has added the summer and winter Paralympic Games to the so-called ‘crown jewels’ list of sporting events reserved for free-to-air broadcast.