Paralympics

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has appointed UK sports production company Sunset+Vine as host broadcaster for the 2017 Para Athletics World Championships, which will take place in London.

German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have said they are confident they will retain rights to the Paralympic Games after international sports broadcaster Eurosport on Monday confirmed it will be the exclusive home of the Olympic Games in the country from 2018 to 2024.

Joseph Rivers, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in selected European markets for the 2016 Paralympic Games.

The International Paralympic Committee and Channel 4 have signed a letter of intent for the commercial broadcaster to remain as the UK’s Paralympic rights-holder until 2020.

The International Paralympic Committee has entered into a content partnership with social media platform Snapchat.

The Sony Pictures Networks India media company has acquired rights for the ongoing summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Singaporean media company Mediacorp has struck a late rights deal for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee’s newly-launched Olympic Channel will cover this year’s Paralympic Games, which got underway in Rio de Janeiro yesterday (Wednesday).

The International Paralympic Committee has entered into a strategic partnership with the Sina Sports division of Chinese internet operator Sina ahead of the start of the 2016 summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro tomorrow (Wednesday).

The International Paralympic Committee is anticipating a cumulative global audience of four billion people for the Rio 2016 summer Paralympic Games, which get underway in the Brazilian city tomorrow (Wednesday).

The International Paralympic Committee has agreed a partnership with video-sharing platform Dailymotion to deliver live streaming of the forthcoming summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has confirmed it will show more than 100 hours of live coverage of the 2016 summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Media rights clips from December 17 to January 20

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has agreed a rights deal for coverage of this summer’s Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The International Paralympic Committee has said it will live stream all 70 hours of live action from the forthcoming 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships.

Brazilian media company Globo has acquired rights for the 2016 Paralympic Games.

The International Paralympic Committee has said it will provide live streaming of the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

The value of exclusivity and a home Games in 2020 helped the International Paralympic Committee strike its biggest-ever deal, with Japanese state broadcaster NHK, late last month.