Motorsport

The World Rally Championship has reported a 17-per-cent year-on-year increase in its global television audience for the first seven rounds of the 2017 edition of the motorsport series.

Nascar, the North American stock car-racing series, has confirmed plans to stream live coverage of the 10 Nascar Cup Series Playoff races scheduled to take place before the end of 2017 via in-car cameras.

Formula One chief executive Chase Carey has said he is keen for the motor-racing championship to alter its media-rights strategy in order to support long-term growth plans, rather than focus on quick methods to boost viewing figures.

The Infront Sports & Media agency has reached an agreement to market the commercial rights to series organised by German motorsport body the ADAC.

International media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has formed a joint venture with media group The Enthusiast Network (TEN), through which the former’s Velocity channel will be integrated into the latter’s extensive automotive portfolio.

Eleven Sports Network has paid a marginal increase to renew Formula One rights in Poland in a deal with the MP & Silva agency.

North American stock car-racing series Nascar has revamped its leadership across its content and marketing divisions with a host of new appointments.

NC Plus has renewed its rights to the three most important speedway properties in Poland – the Speedway World Cup, Speedway Grand Prix and the Polish Ekstraliga – but will share the Ekstraliga with Eleven Sports Network from 2019.

Polish pay-television operator NC Plus has acquired rights to motorsport series the World Rally Championship.

In the latest interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses the media-rights landscape in Motorsport, looking at both motor racing and motor cycling, with an in-depth look at the Formula…

In the latest interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses the media-rights landscape in Motorsport, looking at both motor racing and motor cycling, with an in-depth look at the Formula…

Middle Eastern pay-television operator OSN has acquired rights to the International Motorcycling Federation’s (FIM) Endurance World Championship.

Motorsport Network, the automotive and motorsport digital technology business, has appointed Kevin Annison as president of its Motorsport.tv motor-racing media platform.

Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 has renewed a rights deal for the 24 Hour of Le Mans ahead of this year’s edition of the endurance motor-racing event.

In the latest interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses the media-rights landscape in Motorsport, looking at both motor racing and motor cycling, with an in-depth look at the Formula One Championship.

Motorsport Network, the automotive and motorsport digital technology business that operates international motor-racing media platform Motorsport.tv and the Motorsport.com website, has hired Colin Smith as its new chief executive.