Handball
SportA agrees EHF Euro sublicensing, pens DOSB ‘TV 34’ contract
SportA, the sports rights agency of German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF, has agreed sublicensing deals for the 2020 men’s European Handball Championship with Discovery-owned sports broadcaster E…
Eurosport provides landmark free-to-air coverage of women’s Handball Bundesliga
International sports broadcaster Eurosport has reached an agreement with Sportdeutschland
Telekom Slovenije drops Sport TV channels in carriage fee row
Slovenian telecommunications provider Telekom Slovenije has halted the availability of the Sport TV 1, 2 and 3 channels on its television platform after accusing the broadcaster of hiking up the carriage…
EHF points to uplift in live Champions League coverage
The EHF Marketing division of the European Handball Federation (EHF) has announced viewing patterns for its men’s and women’s Champions League competitions, with the number of broadcasts having increased sig…
TF1 sublicenses free-to-air EHF Euro rights from beIN until 2024
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has sublicensed from pay-television broadcaster beIN matches involving the national teams at handball’s men’s and women’s European Championships until 2024.
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EHF Euro 2020 rights in France secured by beIN
Broadcast rights in France to handball’s men’s and women’s European Championships have been retained by pay-TV broadcaster beIN Sports.
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ORF seals wide-ranging EHF, IIHF and ISU rights deal with Infront
Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF agreed a new multi-faceted deal with the Infront agency for rights to European Handball Federation, International Ice Hockey Federation and International Skating…
EHF boosts Balkan value by unifying club, national team rights
The European Handball Federation unified both its club and national team competitions in the Balkans into one new deal with Arena Sports, leading to a sharp rise in the value of its rights in the region.
LaLiga Sports TV hits 300,000 registered users
LaLiga Sports TV, the multi-sports OTT platform launched by Spanish football’s LaLiga, has reached 300,000 registered users, according to LaLiga president Javier Tebas who was speaking at the World Football S…
Arena expands EHF coverage in Infront/DAZN deal
Pay-television broadcaster Arena Sport has acquired European Handball Federation club and national team events across the Balkan region in a new four-year deal
French women’s handball league strikes rights deal with ‘Sport in France’ channel
France’s top-tier women’s handball league announced on Tuesday that it has agreed a deal with the French Olympic committee’s ‘Sport in France’ free-to-air channel to broadcast the competition for the 2…
Canal Plus seals one-season EHF deal in Poland
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has agreed a one-season deal for the rights to the European Handball Federation’s men’s and women’s Champions League, including the Final Four, in Poland.
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French women’s handball league in rights talks with ‘Sport in France’ channel
France’s top-tier women’s handball league is in “serious discussions” with the French Olympic committee’s ‘Sport in France’ channel and the country’s National Sports Agency to broadcast the competition…
French women’s top-tier handball carve-out may have damaged coverage prospects
The recent carve out of Ligue Féminine de Handball (LFH) rights from the wider package of French handball federation (FFHB) rights may have damaged the LFH’s prospects for coverage after beIN failed to renew their long-standing partnership.
BeIN snub hits French women’s handball league exposure
The French women’s handball league begins today (Wednesday) without a production or domestic broadcast rights agreement in place for regular-season games after pay-TV broadcaster beIN Sports opted against e…
AMC takes aggressive stance to hold EHF in Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia
Media group AMC Networks has paid a significant increase to renew its rights to European Handball Federation events in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, having missed out on several key properties over the last 18 months.
EHF takes Champions League to Africa with Kwesé TV
African broadcaster Kwesé TV has agreed a partnership with the European Handball Federation for rights to its Champions League club competition.
French handball federation struggles to place national team domestic free-to-air rights
The Fédération Française de Handball is struggling to find a free-to-air partner for French national-team matches after carving these rights out of its new deal with beIN Sports, SportBusiness Media understands.