Cycling
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
Discovery deepens cycling involvement with Enduro investment
Media group Discovery has invested in Enduro Sports Organisation, which owns and operates the Enduro World Series (EWS) mountain bike championships and the EWS-E electric mountain bike series
Infront pays robust fee in eight-year Flanders Classics global rights deal
Infront will pay a strong increase for rights to the Flanders Classics and Amstel Gold cycling races in a long-term global media-rights deal with the race organisers, SportBusiness Media understands.
Eurosport, L’Équipe and TV2 Denmark among Tour of the Alps broadcasters
Organisers of the Tour of the Alps, a Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) ProSeries race held in Italy and Austria, are expecting live, delayed and on-demand broadcast coverage in around 100 countries
Sports Media Venture acquires ZLM cycling tour distribution rights
Boutique media-rights agency Sports Media Venture has acquired global distribution rights for the next three years to the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Pro Series ZLM Tour
Eurosport, GCN add Flanders Classics rights to 2024
International sports broadcaster Eurosport and digital platform Global Cycling Network will showcase the Flanders Classics cycling races in European and Asian markets until 2024 after agreeing a new deal…