Cycling
Unipublic posts €5.2m profit for pandemic-affected 2020
The Unipublic agency, organiser of cycling’s Vuelta a España, posted a profit of €5.2m ($6m) in 2020 despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Teledeporte becomes latest UCI Track Champions League broadcaster
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced a rights deal with Teledeporte, the free-to-air digital terrestrial channel of Spanish public broadcaster RTVE, for its new Track Champions League competition
UCI Track Champions League ensured Latin American coverage in Claro deal
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has this morning announced a broadcast deal with Claro Sports in Latin America for coverage of its new Track Champions League competition
France Télévisions picks up UCI Track Champions League streaming rights
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced a deal with French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions for coverage of its new Track Champions League competition.
Discovery deals with EBU for women’s Tour de France in over 50 markets
Media group Discovery has secured exclusive rights in over 50 markets to show the women's Tour de France until at least 2025
RTBF picks up UCI Track Champions League rights in Belgium
RTBF, the French-language public-service broadcaster in Belgium, has acquired rights to the International Cycling Union (UCI)’s new Track Champions League competition.
Sportall to power European Cycling Union’s new streaming service
The European Cycling Union (UEC) has chosen French digital media company Sportall to host its new UECTV video application.
The multi-screen service provides live and on-demand access to UEC competitions
Plans for live Women’s Tour broadcast scrapped due to ‘commercial realities’
The Women's Tour, the women's staged six-day cycle race which takes place in the UK and part of the UCI Women's World Tour since 2016, will not be broadcast live this year due to "commercial realities
Discovery picks up global rights to Cyclo-cross Superprestige
Media group Discovery has bolstered its cycling portfolio after acquiring exclusive global rights to the Cyclo-cross Superprestige
Eurovision Sport, IMG ensure ‘widespread’ UCI Road World Championships distribution
Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting Union consortium, and the IMG agency have unveiled “widespread” international distribution for the 2021 UCI Road World Championships, which beg…
Australia’s SBS adds to cycling output with UCI Track Champions League
Australian public-service broadcaster SBS has signed on as a broadcaster of the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) Track Champions League.
Sunset+Vine targets second screen innovation through EBK GP deal
Sunset+Vine, the UK-based sports production and media company, has agreed a live production, content and media agency deal for the new E-Bike Grand Prix (EBK GP) Racing Series
J Sports retains exclusive rights to Tour de France, Vuelta and other ASO properties
J Sports, the Japanese pay-television broadcaster, has renewed its agreement for exclusive broadcast rights to cycling’s Tour de France and the Vuelta a España.
SBS adds women’s Tour de France to cycling portfolio
Australian public-service broadcaster SBS has acquired live and exclusive free-to-air rights to the women’s Tour de France cycling event, the inaugural edition of which will take place in 2022.
RTL Netherlands secures UCI Track Champions League rights
Commercial broadcaster RTL will show live coverage in the Netherlands of the International Cycling Union's (UCI's) new Track Champions League
EBU, France Télévisions land women’s Tour de France, Zwift to be presenting sponsor
Event promoter Amaury Sport Organisation has signed women’s Tour de France media rights deals with Eurovision Sport and French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions, with online mass participation tra…
Sky NZ lands UCI Track Champions League rights, GCN agrees cyclocross deal
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has signed on as the first broadcast rights-holder for the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) Track Champions League.
Giro d’Italia returns to free-to-air television in Australia in deal with SBS
Australian public-service broadcaster SBS has secured exclusive free-to-air rights to broadcast the Giro d'Italia until 2025