Athletics

Swiss-based agency Infront Sports has agreed a deal with Olympic governing body the International Olympic Committee to market free-to-air rights in Sub-Saharan African to every Olympic property until 2024

The organising committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham launched a tender this week for a host broadcaster

New Zealand telco Spark has acquired rights to a host of boxing events through a partnership with Protocol Sports, and struck a deal with Lagardère Sports for a range of golf, athletics and esports properties.

The Olympic Channel, an OTT platform operated by the International Olympic Committee, has secured streaming rights to the 2019 European Games

OTT platform FloSports has acquired exclusive live and on-demand rights to the 2019 London Marathon across Europe, Asia, Canada and Australia

The TV Media Sport agency has acquired exclusive free-to-air rights in sub-Saharan Africa to the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) World Athletic Series from 2019 to 2023.

Sports-streaming service FloSports has announced a deal for live and on-demand coverage of the 2019 Boston Marathon in over 40 European countries. The deal was agreed with the Boston Athletic Association
USA

New York Road Runners, organiser of the New York City Marathon, has extended its rights deals with US sports broadcaster ESPN and local partner WABC-TV

Media company Vietnam Multimedia Corporation has struck a late deal for rights in the country to the ongoing Asian Games

The consortium of public-service broadcasters, the European Broadcasting Union, has signed a long-term extension to its worldwide media-rights contract with European Athletics.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in Myanmar to the upcoming Asian Games multi-sport event, which runs from August 18 to September 2 in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia

The Infront agency has agreed a six-year media, marketing and commercial rights partnership with the Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL). The contract is worth a guaranteed €12.9m ($15.1m

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has been appointed as the host broadcaster of the Athletics World Cup, which will be hosted at the London Stadium on July 14-15.

The Olympic Channel, the multi-platform global media destination operated by the International Olympic Committee, has broadened its portfolio by securing rights to the 122nd Boston Marathon.

The Lagardère Sports agency has agreed a deal to market rights to the inaugural edition of the Athletics World Cup.

The International Association of Athletics Federations has today (Thursday) announced the appointment of James Lord to the position of director of platforms and distribution.

Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 has agreed a six-year rights deal for events operated by the International Association of Athletics Federations.

The German Athletics Association (DLV) has agreed a four-year extension to its rights deal with public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF.