Cycling

The European Broadcasting Union consortium of free-to-air broadcasters and pan-European broadcaster Eurosport have extended their rights agreement for the Vuelta a España cycling race under a five-year deal running from 2016 to 2020.

US pay-television sports broadcaster Universal Sports Network has extended a rights deal with the International Cycling Union (UCI) for coverage of the governing body’s events.

German public-service broadcaster ARD will return to broadcasting the Tour de France cycle race in 2015 after agreeing a two-year deal earlier this month for substantially less than the old rights fee in Germany.

Media rights clips from December 11 to January 14.

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired rights for the International Cycling Union Hour Record attempt by Movistar Team rider Alex Dowsett.

The Union Cycliste Internationale has revealed that the 2014 edition of its Mountain Bike World Cup generated record viewing figures through broadcasts on various television and internet platforms.

Tour de France organiser Amaury Sport Organisation has hailed the return of the race to German public-service broadcaster ARD after a two-year rights deal was confirmed today (Wednesday).

Cycling Australia has announced a two-year partnership with commercial broadcaster Nine and pay-television operator Fox Sports.

German public-service broadcaster ARD will resume live broadcasts of the Tour de France after agreeing a new rights deal with the cycling race’s organiser, Amaury Sport Organisation, according to news agency SID and magazine Der Spiegel.

German public-service broadcaster ARD has delayed its decision over whether to return to live coverage of the Tour de France cycling race until the new year.

Media rights clips from November 13 to 26

ARD chairman Lutz Marmor has said the German public-service broadcaster will make a decision over a possible return to live coverage of the Tour de France cycling race by the end of this year.

Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has agreed a five-year deal for the rights to cycling’s Tour de Pologne, Poland’s annual race on the UCI WorldTour calendar.

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.

Media rights clips from October 30 to November 12