Handball

Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has acquired rights to the 2015 and 2017 editions of the men’s and women’s Handball World Championships.

The Infront Sports & Media agency, media and marketing partner of the European Handball Federation, has said the 2014 Women’s European Championships national team event will be aired in 145 countries, following agreements brokered with 85 broadcasters.

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Bjørn Taalesen, the director of sports at Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2, has apologised for comments he made following the acquisition of rights for the 2015 and 2017 men’s and women’s Handball World Championships.

Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has acquired rights for the 2015 and 2017 men’s and women’s Handball World Championships.

German broadcasters and the German Handball Federation (DHB) have expressed their frustration that a rights deal has yet to be agreed in Germany for handball’s 2015 men’s World Championships.

Pan-Nordic basic-tier and pay-television broadcaster SBS Discovery and pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport have jointly acquired rights in Sweden for the 2015 World Handball Championship for men and women.

BeIN Media Group and the Pitch International agency have agreed a host of deals for the International Handball World Championships over the past few weeks, TV Sports Markets understands.

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SportA, the sports rights agency for ARD and ZDF, has agreed a deal with sports broadcaster Sport1 to extend the German public-service broadcasters’ coverage of the Handball Bundesliga through the 2016-17 season.

The German Handball Federation (DHB) national governing body is to launch a new magazine television programme dedicated to the country’s men’s and women’s national teams.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the German national men's and women's handball teams' away qualifying matches for the 2016 and 2018 European Handball Federation (EHF) European Championships.

Uncertainty remains over the Danish broadcast rights deal for the 2015 Men’s Handball World Championship in Qatar, according to the Mediawatch.dk website.

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has broadened the reach of its new beIN Sports 3 channel by agreeing a carriage deal with satellite television operator Fransat.

Sports and betting-related services company Sportradar has agreed a media rights deal with the Infront Sports & Media agency.

The European Handball Federation saw the value of its Champions League rights in Germany rebound in a new deal with Sky Deutschland, following a drop in the previous cycle.