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EBU deal with US ski federation will increase exposure for ski events in the country

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The US Ski and Snowboard governing body has acquired media rights in the US for the 2015 and 2017 editions of the Alpine and Nordic Ski World Championships.

Media rights clips from 10 October 23 October

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Eurovision, the television producer operated by the European Broadcasting Union, has been named the official host broadcaster of the 2015 Alpine World Ski Championships, which take place in the US resorts of Vail and Beaver Creek.

FOOTBALL Football: Fifa, football’s global governing body, agreed deals in Spain for the 2014 World Cup with commercial broadcaster Mediaset and the Mediapro agency.

Swedish public-service broadcaster SVT has expanded its coverage of the International Ski Federation Nordic Ski World Cup by acquiring rights for events from the series taking place in Finland.

The International Ski Federation has awarded television and marketing rights for the 2019 and 2021 World Ski Championships in the alpine and Nordic events to Infront Sports & Media.

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews television audiences for the recent Alpine World Ski Championships in key European markets

EBU and Infront battle for biathlon rights for next four years

EBU in skiing talks

The International Paralympic Committee will stream live coverage of the global governing body’s 2013 Nordic Skiing World Championships via video-sharing website YouTube.

Finnish deal takes Infront closer to global control of skiing rights but agency denies that it paid a strategic fee for the rights

The Infront Sports & Media agency has extended a rights distribution deal for all Nordic Ski World Cup and national skiing events that take place in Finland

Video-sharing website DailyMotion will provide live coverage of all six stages of the 2013 edition of the Freeride World Tour skiing and snowboarding series

FOOTBALL Football: Spanish-language US broadcaster Univision Deportes acquired rights for tournaments operated by Concacaf, the governing body of football in North and Central America and the Caribbean

French basic-tier sports broadcaster Ma Chaîne Sport has acquired non-exclusive rights for freestyle skiing and snowboard World Cup events organised by the Fédération Internationale de Ski, skiing’s glob…