Cycling

Media rights clips from June 25 to July 8

The Velon umbrella group of WorldTour cycling teams has agreed a partnership with US camera manufacturer GoPro under which more on-bike footage will be provided from races, starting with the 2015 Tour de France.

LeTV Sports, a new sports-rights venture operated by Chinese IPTV operator LeTV, has acquired digital rights for the Tour de France cycling event.

Media rights clips from June 11 to 24

Media rights clips from May 28 to June 10

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired live rights for Bradley Wiggins’ International Cycling Union Hour Record attempt this Sunday, June 7.

The RCS Sport agency, organiser and commercial rights-holder of the Giro d’Italia, has agreed a deal with the Velon umbrella group of WorldTour cycling teams under which on-bike footage will be delivered for this year’s edition of Italy’s ‘Grand Tour’ event, which commences tomorrow (Saturday).

The IMG agency has expanded the reach of its action sports and lifestyle channel Edgesport by agreeing a carriage deal with multi-platform media and entertainment organisation Abu Dhabi Media Company.

Media rights clips from April 16 to 29

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired rights to the inaugural edition of cycling’s Tour de Yorkshire, which takes place from May 1-3.

Media rights clips from February 26 to March 11

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has renewed a rights deal for the Tour de Suisse cycling race.

The Vuelta a España cycle race earned a strong increase in media-rights fee from the European Broadcasting Union in a five-year deal finalised late last month.

Media rights clips from February 12 to 25

The International Cycling Union (UCI) will provide exclusive live coverage of Dame Sarah Storey’s Hour Record attempt via its official channel on video-sharing platform YouTube.

Pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport is to broadcast live coverage of Dutch cyclist Thomas Dekker’s attempt to break the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) Hour Record.