Skiing

Czech public broadcaster Česká Televize has extended its Ski Classics media rights agreement in a multi-year deal. 

Warner Bros. Discovery has acquired broadcast rights in Finland to the Ski Classics Pro Tour. Warner Bros. Discovery will broadcast every one of the 14 events across 10 weekends

The centralisation of international broadcast rights to the FIS World Cup series is a question of “when, not if”, according to Johan Eliasch, the International Ski Federation (FIS) president, despite the…

The IMG agency has negotiated a two-year US media rights agreement for FIS World Cup events held in Austria with NBCUniversal

Subscription streaming broadcaster Viaplay has acquired exclusive live Swedish broadcast rights to FIS World Cup events held in Austria in a deal with Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting…

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has recruited Roberto Nosotti, previously of the Infront agency, as director of media rights at its new in-house commercial division that will oversee the sale of…

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has advanced its controversial plans to centralise commercial rights to its World Cup series with the dual appointment of IMG’s Christian Salomon and former Allianz g…

Norwegian public-service broadcaster NRK has agreed a sublicensing deal with streaming company Viaplay for rights to the 2023 and 2025 Nordic World Ski Championships, the latter of which will be a ‘home’ eve…

Johan Eliasch, the Swedish businessman re-elected overwhelmingly as president of the International Ski Federation (FIS), has promised a period of “consultation” over plans to centralise commercial rig…

Controversial plans to centralise international broadcast rights to World Cup events under a so-called ‘Concorde Agreement’ have placed the International Ski Federation (FIS) in legal conflict with the…

Infront has secured increased fees for rights to Fédération Internationale de Ski events in deals with Discovery Sports and German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF.

L’Équipe, the French publishing group and broadcaster, has acquired rights to a number of alpine skiing events organised by the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Streaming technology provider Endeavor Streaming has made its first direct move into the winter sports market by working with the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV) on its new digital streaming platform. SkiWorldCup.

Poland’s public-service broadcaster TVP has extended its agreement to show Visma Ski Classics for another three years.

ORF, the Austrian public-service broadcaster, has secured rights to FIS World Cup events organised by Swiss-Ski, the Alpine country’s national ski federation.

The Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV) has secured a strong value increase for both domestic and international rights, taking advantage of advantageous conditions in both sales.

The Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV) has extended its international rights agreements with IMG for a further three years, with the agency simultaneously extending its deal with Eurovision Sport, the sports …

The Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV) has agreed new deals for its domestic rights through to 2026-27, with public-service broadcaster ORF picking up live rights and commercial broadcaster Servus TV sealing …