Cycling

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG has extended a rights deal for the Tour de Suisse cycling road race in a two-year deal, from 2013 to 2014

Media company Dirt TV has struck a deal with organisers of the mountain biking Enduro World Series to produce and show online coverage of each event during the 2013 campaign

ASO, as usual, holds the key to planned cycling shake-up

MP & Silva chief explains why channel plan may work for Asia

Broadcast and distribution company Chello Zone, a division of Liberty Global’s Chellomedia, has agreed a deal for its Extreme Sports Channel to be available via the Xbox 360 gaming console for an upcoming B…

Rai pays less for Giro rights and more for production, but the real money will be made abroad

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has renewed rights for the Giro d’Italia and five other Italian cycling events in a four-year deal, from 2013 to 2016.

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB is in talks about becoming a part-owner in a new global cycling championship, according to the Bloomberg news agency

Italian state broadcaster Rai has renewed domestic rights for the Giro d’Italia and five other Italian cycling events in a four-year deal, from 2013 to 2016.

Marca TV may sell on its rights but the channel is not closing

Rai keeps RCS waiting on Giro deal as season looms

FOOTBALL Football: Spanish broadcaster Mediaset acquired rights for Spain national team games until June 2014, and the 2013 Fifa Confederations Cup

Danish public-service broadcaster TV2 has acquired rights for the Giro d’Italia cycling race. The deal will cover at least the next three editions of the Italian event, from 2013 to 2015.

Japanese public-service broadcaster NHK has agreed a two-year extension to its broadcast rights deal with cycling’s global governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale.

Cycling’s global governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale, has announced plans to start showing live coverage of its events for free via video-sharing website YouTube.

Qatari pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera has acquired rights for the 2013 edition of the annual ladies’ Tour of Qatar cycling event.