Handball

The European Handball Federation has reported a significant increase in digital viewing for its recent Women’s Euro 2018 tournament in France.

BeIN Media Group has told SportBusiness Media it is in talks with various parties for the domestic free-to-air rights for the Ligue Nationale de Handball competition from 2019 to 2023; one of these parties is understood to be French digital-terrestrial channel L’Équipe TV.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has renewed a rights agreement in France for the domestic Ligue Nationale de Handball (LNH) competition. The new four-season deal will run from 2019-20 to 2022-23

Sports streaming service DAZN has acquired rights in Germany and Austria to men’s club handball competition the EHF Cup.

French commercial broadcaster TF1 has agreed a sublicensing deal with beIN Sports for rights to matches from upcoming editions of the International Handball Federation’s (IHF) World Championships.

French commercial broadcaster TF1 has reached an agreement to show finals of the men’s and women’s International Handball Federation World Championships with French participation.

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has struck a deal for the next four men’s and women’s International Handball World Championships.

German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have locked down rights to the men’s World Handball Championship on a long-term basis after agreeing a deal for next year’s tournament, which will be co-…

Greek public-service broadcaster ERT has renewed rights to the Greek Basket League for a further two seasons and is set to pick up rights to a host of other domestic sports leagues

Greek public-service broadcaster ERT will continue to broadcast the top-tier leagues of domestic basketball, volleyball, handball and water polo, along with the second-tier Football League.

The International Handball Federation has today become the latest rights-holder to terminate an agreement with the Chinese-controlled MP & Silva agency, reclaiming global media rights to its flagship World…

Swedish media company Modern Times Group and its subsidiary Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group) have jointly agreed a five-year revolving credit facility with a group of six Nordic banks

The Sportdeutschland.tv online-streaming platform has acquired rights for the German 2. Handball Bundesliga second tier in a sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky

LaLiga TV, the official television channel of the top division of Spanish football, has acquired rights to Liga Asobal, the top tier of domestic handball

Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 has acquired rights to a number of national team handball tournaments operated by the International Handball Federation and European Handball Federation.

Swedish media company Modern Times Group has locked down Nordic rights to handball competitions operated by the sport’s world and European governing bodies as it detailed a rebrand to Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group).

The European Handball Federation has increased the value of its global media and marketing rights by up to 300 per cent in a new deal with a joint venture comprised of the Infront agency and digital media company Perform.

The European Handball Federation has sealed a 10-year media and marketing agreement worth over €500m ($599m) with the Infront agency and digital sports content and media group Perform – a deal the organisation claims is a “watershed moment” for itself and the sport as a whole.