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SPORTS RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2018–2019 FEBRUARY 2019
ABOUT US
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is of programming, which our colleagues at Worldwide. We secure high-profile sales for
the world’s foremost alliance of public service Eurovision Services often help produce, federations across all platforms, including live,
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We represent 117 member organizations in 56 and society. As a Union, we are driven by the Discover more about the EBU at www.ebu.ch
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Members, handling more than 30 different The EBU Sales Unit handles the commercial
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CONTENTS
01 SUMMER
SPORTS
IAAF ATHLETICS 10
02
ÖSV SKIING
WINTER
SPORTS
44
03 INDOOR
SPORTS
UEG GYMNASTICS 56
IAAF WORLD INDOOR SWISS SKI SKIING 46
TOUR ATHLETICS 12 FIS SKI FLYING 48
EA ATHLETICS 14 IBU BIATHLON 50
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS ISU SKATING 52
MULTI-SPORT 16
FINA SWIMMING 18
FINA CHAMPIONS SWIM SERIES 24
LEN SWIMMING 26
UCI CYCLING 28
TOUR OF FLANDERS CYCLING 32
UCI WORLD TOUR CYCLING 34
UEC CYCLING 36
FISA ROWING 38
ICF CANOEING 40
SEASON CALENDAR
OCTOBER 2018 NOVEMBER 2018 DECEMBER 2018 JANUARY 2019 FEBRUARY 2019 MARCH 2019
UCI CYCLING UCI CYCLING SWISS SKI SKIING SWISS SKI SKIING ISU SKATING EA ATHLETICS
OCT 2018 – JAN 2019 NOV (DATES TBA) 8-9 DEC 18-20 JAN 6–10 FEB 1–3 MAR
Track World Cups Urban Cycling World Alpine Ski, SG + Parallel Alpine Ski, AC + DH + Four Continents Figure European Athletics
6 events in various Championships event Women SL Men Skating Championships Indoor Championships
locations (Chengdu, China) (St-Moritz, Switzerland) (Wengen, Switzerland) (Anaheim, United States (Glasgow,
of America) United Kingdom)
ISU SKATING UEC CYCLING ISU SKATING
7–10 FEB IBU BIATHLON
OCT – DEC 3–4 NOV 11–13 JAN Single Distances
7 Figure Skating Grand UEC 2018 Cyclo-Cross Speed Skating European Speed Skating World 7-17 MAR
Prix (various locations) ECHs (Hertogenbosch, Championships Championships Biathlon World
The Netherlands) (Collalbo, Italy) (Inzell, Germany) Championships
ÖSV SKIING (Ostersund, Sweden)
ISU SKATING 15-16 DEC 11–13 JAN 23–24 FEB
28 OCT Short Track Speed
Cross-country ski, Sprint Sprint Speed Skating
Men’s Alpine, GS NOV 2018 – MAR 2019 Skating European
M&W + 10 km Women + World Championships
(Sölden, Austria) 6 Speed Skating World Championships
15 km Men (Heerenveen,
Cups (various locations) (Dordrecht,
(Davos, Switzerland) The Netherlands)
The Netherlands)
NOV 2018 – FEB 2019
6 Short Track Skating
FINA SWIMMING UCI CYCLING
23–27 JAN
World Cups (various 11–16 DEC 2018 Figure Skating European 27 FEB–3 MAR ISU SKATING
locations) World Swimming Championships Track World
Championships 25m (Minsk, Belarus) Championships 2–3 MAR
(Hangzhou, China) (Pruszków, Poland) Allround Speed Skating
ÖSV SKIING World Championships
IBU BIATHLON (Calgary, Canada)
25–27 JAN
DEC 2018 – MAR 2019 Men’s Alpine, GS + DH + 20–24 MAR
9 Biathlon World Cups SL (Kitzbühel, Austria) Figure Skating World
(various locations) Championships
29 JAN (Saitama, Japan)
Men’s Alpine, Night event
6 SL (Schladming, Austria)
APRIL 2019 MAY/JUNE 2019 JULY 2019 AUGUST 2019 AUG/SEP 2019 OCTOBER 2019
TOUR OF FLANDERS UEG GYMNASTICS FINA SWIMMING LEN SWIMMING FISA ROWING UEC CYCLING
CYCLING
31 MAY–2 JUN 12–28 JUL AUG (DATES TBA) 25 AUG–1 SEP 16–20 OCT
6 APR UEG 2019 Rhythmic FINA World Swimming European Diving Rowing World UEC 2019 Track ECHs
The Tour of Flanders Gymnastics European Championships 2019 Championships Championships (Apeldoorn,
(Belgium) Championships (Gwangju, Korea) (Kiev, Ukraine) (Linz-Ottensheim, The Netherlands)
(Baku, Azerbaijan) Austria)
UCI WORLD TOUR UCI WORLD TOUR
CYCLING FISA ROWING CYCLING ICF CANOEING
21 APR 31 MAY–2 JUN 3 AUG 11–15 SEP
Amstel Gold Race European Rowing Clasica San Sebastian Slalom World
(The Netherlands) Championships (Spain) Championships
(Lucerne, Switzerland) (La Seu d’Urgell , Spain)
ISU SKATING UCI CYCLING 25 AUG
Hamburg Cyclassics UCI CYCLING
12–14 APR 23–28 JUL (Hamburg, Germany)
Synchronized Skating 22–29 SEP
BMX World
World Championships Road World
Championships UEC CYCLING
(Helsinki, Finland) Championships
(Heusden-Zolden,
AUG (Yorkshire, United
Belgium)
UEG GYMNASTICS UEC 2019 Road ECHs Kingdom)
location TBA
10–14 APR LEN SWIMMING IAAF ATHLETICS
UEG 2019 Artistic ICF CANOEING
JUN (DATES TBA) 28 SEP–6 OCT
Gymnastics
European Synchronized World Championships
Individual European 21–25 AUG
Swimming Cup (Doha, Qatar)
Championships Sprint World
(location TBA)
(Szczecin, Poland) Championships
(Szeged, Hungary)
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01 SUMMER
SPORTS
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IAAF ATHLETICS After a successful 2017 World Championships staged in London, Eurovision Sport has renewed its multi-year contract with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for an additional 6 years. The deal covers 3 editions of the World Championships (2019, 2021 and 2023), the World Indoor Championships (2018, 2020 and 2022) and more than a dozen other competitions in the World Athletics Series. Eurovision Sport teamed up with ESPN Media Distribution to represent the media rights to the IAAF World Series events across Europe and Africa, bringing a unique, combined ability to maximize the profile of athletics and increase access to the sport’s top global competitions to hundreds of millions of fans across the two continents. The kick-off of the new cycle began on 01 March 2018 in Birmingham, United Kingdom with the IAAF World Indoor Championships where the world’s best athletes demonstrated their talents to break records and bring the drama of the sport to new heights. 10
NEXT EVENTS
EVENTS IN 2019 EVENTS IN 2022
• World Cross Country Championships • World Indoor Championships
30 March 2019, Aarhus, Denmark March 2022, date and location TBA
• World Relays • World Half Marathon Championships
11–12 May 2019, Yokohama, Japan 20 March 2022, date and location TBA
• World Championships • World Race Walking Team Championships
27 September–6 October 2019, Doha, Qatar May 2022, date and location TBA
• World U20 Championships
EVENTS IN 2020 10 July 2022, location TBA
• World Indoor Championships • Continental Cup
13–15 March 2020, Nanjing, China September 2022, date and location TBA
• World Half Marathon Championships
29 March 2020, Gdynia, Poland EVENTS IN 2023
• World Race Walking Team Championships • World Cross Country Championships
2–3 May 2020, Minsk, Belarus 30 March 2023, location TBA
• World U20 Championships • World Relays
7–12 July 2020, Nairobi, Kenya May 2023, date and location TBA
• World Championships
EVENTS IN 2021 26 August–3 September 2023, Budapest,
• World Cross Country Championships Hungary
30 March 2021, location TBA
• World Relays
1 May 2021, location TBA
TERRITORIES: THESE RIGHTS ARE
• World Championships AVAILABLE FOR EUROPE.
6–15 August 2021, Eugene, United States of
America
11IAAF WORLD INDOOR TOUR ATHLETICS The IAAF Indoor World Tour (WIT) was created to provide a formal, uniform structure for indoor athletics linking the meetings directly to the IAAF World Indoor Championships. The tour brings together the best invitational indoor meetings providing increased exposure and promotion of athletics within a unique, close up setting. The IAAF World Indoor Tour is based upon as easily understandable points and prize money system. Each individual winner is awarded $20,000 and a “wild card” entry to the IAAF World Indoor Championships (also part of Eurovision Sport’s portfolio). The Tour began in 2016 with four events. In 2017 the tour comprised five events, in 2018 it comprised six events (Madrid joined the tour) and in 2019, the WIT will add one additional meeting outside of Europe. Eurovision Sport, in a partnership with ESPN, distributes the rights to three of these events on a worldwide basis. 12
NEXT EVENTS
EVENTS IN 2019
• Indoor Meeting
2 February 2019, Karlsruhe, Germany
• Copernicus Cup
6 February 2019, Toruń, Poland
• International PSD Bank Meeting
20 February 2019, Dusseldorf, Germany
TERRITORIES: THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE ON A
WORLDWIDE BASIS.
13EA ATHLETICS Eurovision Sport and European Athletics announced the long-term renewal of their worldwide media rights contract in August 2018 during the European Athletics Championships in Berlin – part of the multi-sport European Championships. This extension takes the partnership, which began in 1981, through to the end of 2027. The agreement covers the worldwide television and radio rights for European Athletics’ major events from 2020 to 2023 and from 2024 to 2027. This includes the Paris 2020 European Athletics Championships, and the subsequent flagship championships of European Athletics in 2022, 2024 and 2026. The 2022 and 2026 European Athletics Championships will be part of a multi-sport championships. Other events included in the agreement are the European Athletics Indoor Championships, including the 2021 edition in Torun, Poland, the biennial European Athletics Team Championships (Super League and 1st League), the annual European Cross Country Championships, as well as the European Athletics U23, U20 and U18 Championships (U18 Championships in Rieti, Italy, in 2020). The renewal also sees services provided from Eurovision Services (ES), the business arm of the EBU. EMS, through its production subsidiary Eurovision Production Coordination (EPC), will act as a Host Broadcaster for key events, including the European Athletics Championships from Paris 2020 through to 2026. The events will be distributed to rights-holding broadcasters over the Eurovision Global Network. 14
NEXT EVENTS
EVENTS IN 2019 • European Athletics Team Championships
• European Athletics Indoor Championships Super League & 1st League
1–3 March 2019, Glasgow, United Kingdom June, date and location TBA
• European Athletics U23 Championships • European Athletics U23 Championships
11–14 July 2019, Gävle, Sweden 8–11 July 2021, location TBA
• European Athletics U20 Championships • European Athletics U20 Championships
18–21 July 2019, Borås, Sweden 15–18 July 2021, Tallinn, Estonia
• European Team Championships Super
League EVENTS IN 2022
9-11 August 2019, Bydgoszcz, Poland • European Athletics Championships
• European Team Championships 1st League date and location TBA
9-11 August 2019, Sandnes, Norway • European Cross Country Championships
• European Cross Country Championships 11 December 2022, location TBA
8 December 2019, Lisbon, Portugal • European Athletics U18 Championships
14–17 July 2022, location TBA
EVENTS IN 2020
• European Athletics U18 Championships EVENTS IN 2023
16–19 July 2020, Rieti, Italy • European Athletics Indoor Championships
• European Athletics Championships date and location TBA
26–30 August 2020, Paris, France • European Cross Country Championships
• European Cross Country Championships date and location TBA
13 December 2020, Dublin, Ireland • European Athletics Team Championships
Super League & 1st League
EVENTS IN 2021 date and location TBA
• European Athletics Indoor Championships
5–7 March 2021, Toruń, Poland
• European Cross Country Championships TERRITORIES: THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE
12 December 2021, location TBA ON A WORLDWIDE BASIS.
15EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2022 MULTI-SPORT The European Championships is a major new multisport event taking place every four years, which aggregates the existing senior continental championships of Athletics (European Athletics), Aquatics (LEN), Cycling (UEC), Gymnastics (UEG), Rowing (FISA), Triathlon (ETU), with a new Golf Team Championships (ET & LET) – all unified under a common brand. The vision for the event is to create a must-watch, must-attend experience that elevates the Champions of Europe during an 11-day celebration of sport and packed 10-day broadcast schedule. The inaugural European Championships which took place in Glasgow and Berlin, 2–12 August 2018, was getting the major event treatment by Europe’s biggest broadcasters with extensive daily coverage, top presenters, big name pundits and commentators, highlights shows, innovative programming and multi-platform content. Audiences were being offered over 350 hours of content of all seven sports across the ten days of televised competition. A total of 46 broadcasters around the world have been broadcasting more than 4,500 hours of the Championships. Captivating a TV audience of over a billion sports fans with countless more across news, radio and digital platforms. 16
NEXT EVENTS
• European Championships 2022
dates and location TBA
TERRITORIES: THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE ON A
WORLDWIDE BASIS.
17FINA SWIMMING FINA is a long-standing partner of Eurovision Sport who have provided countless hours of water sports to swimming fans across Europe. In the renewed and extended agreement that runs from 2018 to 2021, Eurovision Sport is partnering with ESPN Media Distribution to ensure the best exposure possible in Europe is reached. Through this agreement we not only distribute the rights to the World Championships but also to a number of prestigious events such as the Diving World Cups and Series, the High Diving World Cups, the Synchronized Swimming World Cups, the Swimming World Cups and the Water Polo World League Super Finals. Swimming is the second pillar of Summer Olympic Sports, and is a very attractive discipline for broadcasters. It has also become even more spectacular in recent years due to improved TV production quality. The renewed agreement includes three packages: - Package A: European rights - Package B: European rights - Package C: Worldwide rights See detailed information on FINA packages on pages 20 to 23. 18
NEXT EVENTS
NEXT FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
• 14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m)
2018
11–16 December 2018, Hangzhou, China
• 18th FINA World Swimming Championships 2019
12–28 July 2019, Gwangju, Korea
• 15th FINA World Swimming
Championships (25m) 2020
December 2020, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• 19th FINA World Championships 2021
16 July–1 August 2021, Fukuoka, Japan
19FINA
SWIMMING
FINA PACKAGES
PACKAGE A: EUROPEAN RIGHTS
PACKAGE B: EUROPEAN RIGHTS
PACKAGE C: WORLDWIDE RIGHTS
20WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
PACKAGE A One of the biggest sporting events in the world, in terms of
EUROPEAN RIGHTS participation and global exposure, lining up almost 3,000
athletes in six different disciplines, competing in 75 contests
• 14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2018
over a period of 17 days. The competitions consist of
• 18th FINA World Championships 2019
• 15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2020
swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming,
• 19th FINA World Championships 2021 synchronized swimming and water polo.
WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Swimming World Championships gather the best
swimmers from over 176 countries in the World Cup pool
(25m). In this 6 days event swimmers will compete for
46 gold medals and eternal glory.
21SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING WORLD CUP
PACKAGE B
The FINA Synchronized Swimming World Cup is an
EUROPEAN RIGHTS international, synchronized swimming event organized
by FINA and currently held every 4 years. It is a top-level
• FINA Diving World Cups 2018 & 2020
international 'synchro' competition. The event features
• FINA High Diving World Cups 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021
• FINA Artistic Swimming World Cup 2020 competition in the four synchro event (Solo, Duet, Team
• FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2017, 2019 & 2021 and Free Combination), and allows each entered nation
to have one entrant per event. The winner of the event is
determined by adding nation's points from the four events.
DIVING WORLD CUPS HIGH DIVING WORLD CUPS
The FINA Diving World Cup is an international biennial Since the remarkable introduction of High Diving in the
diving competition in which divers perform intricate FINA World Championships programme and crowning
acrobatic manoeuvres to score the highest point decided moment of the first-ever World champions in Barcelona
by the judges. (ESP) in 2013, the sport has continued to grow in popularity
and attractiveness. Two events are on the programme;
a men's competition in five rounds and a women's
WORLD JUNIOR SWIMMING
competition in two rounds. Men perform five dives from
CHAMPIONSHIPS
a 27m platform while women take off from a 20m platform,
The FINA World Junior Swimming Championships exhibiting three.
(or "Junior Worlds") is a swimming championship event
organized by FINA for girls aged 14–17 and boys aged 15–18
on 31 December of the year of the competition. It is held
biennially, and has been held since 2006.
22FINA DIVING WORLD SERIES
PACKAGE C The FINA Diving World Series marks the ultimate
WORLDWIDE RIGHTS competition in Diving which offers an annual meeting
• FINA Diving World Series 2018-2021 opportunity for the worlds brightest diving stars.
• FINA Swimming World Cups 2018-2021 This prestigious and exclusive event invites the world’s
• FINA Water Polo World League Super Finals (Men & Women) highest ranked athletes including World and Olympic
2018-2021
medalists. From March to May, the best divers in the world
• Artistic Swimming World Series 2019
exhibit their breath-taking skills and compete for prize
money exceeding USD 1million in a four-leg competition
format which features ten events: women’s and men’s
FINA SWIMMING WORLD CUP individual 3m springboard / 10m platform, men’s and
women’s synchronized 3m springboard / 10m platform and
FINAs flagship swimming series, launched in 1979, the mixed synchronized 3m springboard / 10 platform.
FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup attracts world- class
swimmers in a series of two-day events organized annually
FINA WATER POLO WORLD LEAGUE
between August and November. Split in three clusters the
Swimming World Cup series stops at 9 iconic cities with The FINA Water Polo World League is the pinnacle of
state-of-the-art arenas across Europe, MENA and Asia National team league competition in Water Polo, taking
gathering worldwide attention. With prize money of more place annually since 2002. During the season – typically
than USD 2 million the FINA/airweave Swimming World from winter through June – the world’s best teams compete
Cup attracts Olympic and World Champions from all on inter-/continental tournaments to qualify for the
over the world. The short-course event series features 36 championship tournaments, the so called Super Final. In an
competitions at each meeting and mark a unique stage of elite team competition with high competitive matches the
world record performances in thrilling head-to-head races. best Water Polo Nation team of the world will be crowned.
23FINA CHAMPIONS SWIM SERIES The FINA Champions Swim Series - a brand new FINA competition which gives elite swimming stars the opportunity to shine. The inaugural edition of the Series, to be held between April and June 2019, will bring together the world’s top swimmers in an original competition format including finals featuring only four swimmers, held in 50-metre pools. The Series will comprise of events in freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly across 50m, 100m and 200m (as well as the 400m free and 200m IM), in addition to relay races. In addition to the sporting events, the Series will also include a unique show with music, lighting, celebrities, DJs, video and other visual effects, ensuring a must- have event for broadcasters and creating a new star culture in the ever-changing world of Swimming. The athletes’ participation in this exclusive Series will be on an invitation-only basis, comprising the Olympic and World medallists, the WR holder and the best in the world rankings in each event. These swimmers will receive both very attractive prize money and appearance fees to attend this prestigious event. All the Series meets will serve as qualifying events for both the FINA World Championships Gwangju 2019 and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
NEXT EVENTS
NEXT FINA CHAMPIONS SWIM SERIES
• Guangzhou (GMT +8):
- Saturday, 27 April 2019. Start time TV Live Signal
Guangzhou 19:30 (local time)
- Sunday, 28 April 2019. Start time TV Live Signal
Guangzhou 19:30 (local time)
• Budapest (GMT +2):
- Friday, 10 May 2019. Start time TV Live Signal
Budapest 20:00 (local time)
- Saturday, 11 May 2019. Start time TV Live Signal
Budapest 20:00 (local time)
• Indianapolis (GMT -4):
- Friday, 31 May 2019. Start time TV Live Signal
Indianapolis 19:00 (local time)
- Saturday, 01 June 2019. Start time TV Live Signal
Indianapolis 19:00 (local time)LEN SWIMMING Eurovision Sport is proud to represent LEN European Aquatics Championships on a worldwide basis. This partnership with LEN has been recently renewed until 2024 and it inclutes events such as two Short Course and two Long Course European Championships respectively in 2021–23 and 2022–24. Europeans have shown their strength on the Aquatic scene over recent years, and with events such as Water Polo, Long and Short Course Swimming, Diving and Synchronized Swimming, these sports offer spectators a chance to enjoy both physical and artistic aspects of the Aquatic events. The UK, France, Italy, Netherlands and Hungary are the reigning European Champions, heavily challenged by Denmark, Ukraine or Germany. Russia however remains unrivalled when it comes to Synchronized Swimming. Eurovision Sport also distributes the worldwide rights to the Water Polo Champions League 2018/19. Our rights include the 60 games of the preliminary rounds (with the exception of the first party rights) and the rights to all the games of the Champions League Final Eight (with the exception of the host country). The 2018/19 season will take place as follows: Preliminary rounds – October 2018 to May 2019. The Final Eight will be staged in Hanover (Germany) from 6 to 8 June 2019. 26
NEXT EVENTS
EVENTS IN 2019
• Artistic Swimming Champions Cup
10–12 May 2019, Saint Petersburg, Russia
• European Diving Championships
5–11 August 2019, Kiev, Ukraine
• European Short Course Championships
4-8 December 2019, Glasgow, United Kingdom
EVENTS IN 2020
• European Water Polo Championships
12–26 January 2020, Budapest, Hungary
• European Aquatics Championships
4–17 May 2020, Budapest, Hungary
• European Open Water Championships
16–21 June 2020, Budapest, Hungary
TERRITORIES: THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE ON A
WORLDWIDE BASIS.
27UCI CYCLING Eurovision Sport is proud to be working with the UCI to bring the world’s leading international cycling events to European audiences for the next six years (2019-2024). We will be following the rainbow jersey across the globe to bring the best live action from both established competitions and rapidly growing events to cycling fans throughout Europe. The portfolio of events includes the annual UCI World Championships for road, track cycling, mountain bike, cyclo-cross, BMX and urban cycling together with the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup and the Telenet UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup. The UCI events provide broadcasters with year-round world class cycling events that appeal to audiences of all ages. 28
NEXT EVENTS
• Cyclo-Cross World Cups
9 events from September 2018 to January
2019, various locations
• Track World Cups
6 events from October 2018 to January 2019,
various locations
• Cyclo-Cross World Championships
2–3 February 2019, Bogense, Denmark
• Track World Championships
27 February–3 March 2019, Pruszków, Poland
• BMX World Championships
23–28 July 2019, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
• Mountain Bike World Championships
31 August–1 September 2019, Mont St-Anne,
Canada
• Road World Championships
22–29 September 2019, Yorkshire,
United Kingdom
TERRITORIES: THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE ON A
WORLDWIDE BASIS.
29WORLD CLASS EVENTS
UCI ROAD WORLD UCI MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS CHAMPIONSHIPS
The UCI Road World Championships see the best cyclists in The UCI Mountain Bike World Championships include
the world compete to be the road race, individual time trial cross-country Olympic and downhill competitions. Part of
and team time trial UCI World Champions. Follow the action the Olympic programme, cross- country races are ridden
live as cyclists compete in their country/team’s colours for on undulating circuits featuring different natural obstacles.
the privilege of wearing the World Champion’s rainbow Downhill is a race against the clock from top to bottom
jersey on the roads for the next season. during which riders negotiate a succession of incredibly fast
and technical passages.
UCI TRACK CYCLING WORLD UCI BMX WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS CHAMPIONSHIPS
In this prestigious event, track cyclists compete in a wide The best BMX riders on the planet compete to be UCI World
variety of track cycling specialties including: time trial, Champions in the BMX race in which eight riders set off
individual pursuit, keirin, team pursuit, points race, Scratch, together from the 8m start ramp: jumps, speed and daring
individual sprint, team sprint, omnium, and Madison are the DNA of this discipline, particularly appreciated by
(men only). With riders reaching incredible speeds and young spectators.
demonstrating amazing endurance, the UCI Track Cycling
World Championships are a truly awe-inspiring competition.
30UCI URBAN CYCLING WORLD TELENET UCI CYCLO-CROSS
CHAMPIONSHIPS WORLD CUP
The UCI Urban Cycling World Championships include three The Telenet UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup is a season-long
different disciplines: BMX freestyle park, mountain bike competition spanning from September to January.
cross-country Eliminator (XCE) and trials. Showcasing The series tests not only the fitness and cycling skills of
the urban environment, the event attracts a large number the cyclo-cross riders, but also their consistency, as they
of spectators and is particularly popular with young thought it out for the top spot over at least eight events.
audiences. One event, three disciplines!
UCI CYCLO-CROSS WORLD UCI TRACK CYCLING
CHAMPIONSHIPS WORLD CUP
Played out on hilly technical circuits of 2.5–3.5km and The UCI Track Cycling World Cup is a multi-race track
lasting around one hour, cyclo-cross demands both cycling tournament that travels the world. Each round
supreme bike handling skills and incredible fitness levels. takes place in a different country. Riders must perform well
The courses feature a variety of terrain including pavement, at all rounds to have a chance of winning the overall title.
wooded trails, grass and obstacles that require the rider to Consistency is key!
dismount and carry their bike.
31TOUR OF FLANDERS CYCLING Eurovision Sport and Flanders Classics NV continue to partner for the distribution of the European media rights to the Tour of Flanders. The Tour of Flanders is a Flanders Classics road cycling race held in Belgium every spring, a week before the Paris–Roubaix road race. It is part of the UCI World Tour and one of the so-called monuments of the European professional calendar and is the most important cycling race in Flanders. The Tour of Flanders offers 6 hours of content, the race starts at 10.30 CET and ends at approx. 16:30 CET. 32
NEXT EVENTS
• Tour of Flanders
7 April 2019, Belgium
TERRITORIES: THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR
EUROPE.
33UCI WORLD TOUR CYCLING Amstel Gold Race The Amstel Gold race is one of cycling’s historic races for European cycling fans. It is also further confirmation of the firm commitment of the EBU to the sport of cycling. As one of the main cycling countries, a pro-cycling classic is a must for the Netherlands. The Amstel Gold Race has been the showpiece of the Dutch cycling community for more than 50 years. Not for nothing did the spectacular Amstel Gold track host the Road World Championship several times. Clasica San Sebastian The Clasica San Sebastian is a race organized right after the Tour de France and forms part of the UCI World Tour. The 230 km race is famous for its spectacular views of the coastline and its winding, rolling terrain. EuroEyes Cyclassics The Hamburg EuroEyes Cyclassics, formerly HEW Cyclassics and Vattenfall Cyclassics, is an annual one-day cycling race taged in and around Hamburg, Germany. Although the route varies, its distance is always around 250 km. The course’s most significant difficulty is Waseberg hill in Blankenese, which is addressed three times in the race finale. 34
NEXT EVENTS
• Amstel Gold Race
21 April 2019, The Netherlands
• Clásica de San Sebastián
3 August 2019, Spain
• Hamburg Cyclassics
25 August 2019, Hamburg, Germany
TERRITORIES: CLASICA SAN SEBASTIAN AND
HAMBURG CYCLASSICS: RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE
WORLDWIDE. AMSTEL GOLD RACE: RIGHTS ARE
AVAILABLE FOR EUROPE.
35UEC CYCLING Eurovision Sport is proud to be able to bring the best of European cycling to viewers following a three-year deal with the Union Européenne de Cyclisme (UEC). Eurovision Sport has the worldwide distribution rights for the annual Road, Track, Mountain Bike, Cyclo-cross and BMX European Championships to 2021. The best European cyclists will compete in more than 50 days of competitions every year. In 2018 the Road, Track, Mountain Bike and BMX European Championships were part of the newly created European Championships multi-sport event which took place from 2 to 18 August 2018. 36
NEXT EVENTS
• UEC 2018 Cyclo-Cross ECHs
3–4 November 2018, Hertogenbosch,
The Netherlands
• UEC 2019 BMX ECHs
11–14July 2019, Valmiera, Latvia
• UEC 2019 Mountain Bike Cross Country ECHs
25–28 July 2019, Brno, Czech Republic
• UEC 2019 Road ECHs
7–11 August 2019, location TBA, The Netherlands
• UEC 2019 Track ECHs
16–20 October 2019, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
• UEC 2019 Cyclo-Cross ECAs
9–10 November 2019, Silvelle, Italy
TERRITORIES: THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE ON A
WORLDWIDE BASIS.
37FISA ROWING Arguably one of the most beautiful and the most demanding of all sports, rowing requires focus, presence and teamwork. These qualities are the cornerstones of the sport, and are reflected in Eurovision’s values. Eurovision Sport is proud to renew the contract with FISA until 2020 and thus one more time offer the FISA World Championships as well as the FISA World Cups to the European broadcasters. The World Rowing Cup is an annual team competition, comprising three international regattas in Grand Prix format per year. A World Rowing Cup Champion is allocated in each boat class to the nation with the most points won in that boat class at all three regattas. The World Rowing Championships is an annual, 8 day Championships for male and female rowers in all 14 Olympic disciplines. It attracts entries of approximately 1,200 athletes representing up to 70 countries. The last 4 days of semis and finals (Thursday-Sunday) generate worldwide television coverage. 38
NEXT EVENTS
EVENTS IN 2019 EVENTS IN 2020
• World Rowing Cup 1 • World Rowing Cup 1
10–12 May 2019, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 3–5 April 2020, Italy
• European Rowing Championships • World Rowing Cup 2
31 May–2 June 2019, Lucerne, Switzerland 1–3 May 2020, Varese, Italy
• World Rowing Cup 2 • World Rowing Cup 3
21–23 June 2019, Poznan, Poland 22–24 May 2020, Lucerne, Switzerland
• World Rowing Cup 3 • Rowing Olympic Qualifications
12–14 July 2019, Rotterdam, The Netherlands May 2020, date and location TBA
• Rowing World Championships • European Rowing Championships
25 August–1 September 2019, 5–7 June 2020, Poznań, Poland
Linz-Ottensheim, Austria
TERRITORIES: THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE
IN EUROPE.
39ICF CANOEING Together with the International Canoeing Federation (ICF), Eurovision Sport brings the best of the canoeing disciplines live to the audience. Canoe Slalom is an exciting, adrenaline-fueled sport, where the paddlers have to negotiate their way down a 300m stretch of white water rapids. Paddlers race through a series of up to 25 gates, which are made up of red and green poles. In Canoe Sprint events, athletes race on a straight course, each boat in a separate lane, over three different distances: 200m, 500m, 1000m and 5000m as well as the 200m x 4 relay. ICF produces all the Canoe Slalom and Canoe Sprint World Championships. 40
NEXT EVENTS
• Sprint World Championships
21–25 August 2019, Szeged, Hungary
• Slalom World Championships
25–29 September 2019, La Seu d’Urgell, Spain
TERRITORIES: THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE ON A
WORLDWIDE BASIS, EXCEPT BRAZIL, CANADA AND
ZEW ZEALAND.
TERRITORIES WORLDWIDE WITH THE EXCEP-
TION OF CANADA, BRAZIL AND NEW ZEALAND
4102 WINTER
SPORTS
4243
ÖSV SKIING Eurovision Sport is proud to represent the Austrian Skiing Federation (ÖSV), for the European distribution of the FIS Skiing World Cups taking place in Austria. The Austrian ski season will start on the 27 October 2018 in Sölden. The world’s elite skiers will also meet in Kitzbühel from 25 to 27 January 2019 and will compete on the famous Streif, one of the most demanding race corse on the World Cup circuit. The ÖSV contract includes 38 competitions per year with an average of 1.5 hours of live coverage from the main competitions leading to approximately 55 hours in total. 44
NEXT EVENTS
ALPINE MEN
• 28 October 2018, Sölden (GS)
• 25–27 January 2019, Kitzbühel (SG+DH+SL)
• 29 January 2019, Schladming
(Night Event SL)
SKI JUMPING MEN
• 3–4 January 2019, Innsbruck
(HS 130 Quali + Individual)
• 5–6 January 2019, Bischofshofen
(HS 140 Quali + Individual)
OTHERS
• 6 Alpine and 1 Ski Jumping Women races
• Total of 9 Free Style, Snowboard, Ski Cross
and Nordic Combined races
TERRITORIES: THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE
FOR EUROPE.
45SWISS SKI SKIING Eurovision Sport is proud to distribute the worldwide rights for the FIS World Cups in Switzerland, hosted by Swiss-Ski. The FIS World Cups in Switzerland have a long tradition and Swiss-Ski is hosting every year a large number of events in all disciplines. The Lauberhorn Races in Wengen are considered as one of the highlights every winter with the longest and most demanding downhill race in the world. The impressive panorama view with the famous Eigernordwand and the spectacular jumps create a unique experience for TV spectators. Together with the races in Adelboden, attracting every year more than 40’000 cheering spectators in the impressive finish arena at the bottom of “Chuenisbergli”, these events belong to the core of the alpine skiing World Cup. Altogether Swiss-Ski is hosting more than 30 World Cup events in eight disciplines every year, all of them produced in a very professional manner and with optional services (i.e. English commentary or remote graphics). 46
NEXT EVENTS
ALPINE SNOWBOARD
• 08-09 December 2018, St. Moritz • 18-19 January 2019, Laax
(SG + PSL Women) (Slopestyle + Halfpipe M&W)
• 12-13 January 2019, Adelboden • 9 March 2019, Scuol (Parallel GS)
(GS + SL Men) • 16 March 2019, Veysonnaz (SBX)
• 18-20 January 2019, Wengen
(AC + DH + SL Men) OTHERS
• 23-24 February 2019, Crans-Montana • 11 December 2018, Arosa (Ski Cross, Cross
(DH + AC Women) Alps Tour)
• 14-16 December 2018, Engelberg, Ski
CROSS COUNTRY Jumping Men (HS 137 Quali + HS 140
• 15-16 December 2018, Davos (Sprint M&W + Individual)
10 km Women + 15 km Men) • 17 March 2019, Veysonnaz (Ski Cross)
• 01 January 2019, Val Müstair • 30 March 2019, Silvaplana, Freestyle
(Sprint F M&W) (Freeski Slopestyle)
TERRITORIES: THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE
ON A WORLDWIDE BASIS.
47FIS SKI FLYING The FIS Ski Flying World Championships is a ski flying event organised by the International Ski Federation and held every two years. It is a truly spectacular discipline appealing to new audiences with drama and excitement. There are just five ski flying hills in the world, in Harrachov (CZE), Vikersund (NOR), Planica (SLO), Kulm (AUT) and Oberstdorf (GER). These hills are much larger than ski jumping hills, with the K-point set between 185 metres and 200 metres. Unlike ordinary ski jumping, the Ski Flying World Champion is determined after four jumps. 40 jumpers qualify for the competition and jump the first round, 10 are eliminated, and the 30 remaining jumpers compete in the last three rounds. The athlete with most points combined after four jumps is declared the World Champion. Finland, Norway, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Poland and Japan are the ski flying top nations. France, Russia, Italy or US will challenge the “reigning stars” in Planica 2020. The FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2020 will take place in Planica (Slovenia) and Eurovision Sport will distribute these rights until 2024. 48
NEXT EVENTS
• FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2020
20–22 March 2020, Planica, Slovenia
• FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2022
date TBA, Vikersund, Norway
• FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2024
date and location TBA
TERRITORIES: THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE ON A
WORLDWIDE BASIS.
49IBU BIATHLON The Winter Olympic sport of Biathlon combines the endurance of free-technique cross-country skiing with precision small-ball rifle marksmanship. The combination of two very different disciplines in the same competition – skiing and shooting – presents the athletes with an extremely demanding challenge. With it being a popular spectator sport, biathlon draws a huge audience not only at the competitions but also on screen. Intense spectator interest in biathlon is not surprising as it offers a wide spectrum of concurrent dynamic activities in the course of a single event. For example, in the pursuit, a spectator can view starts, shooting, penalty loop and finishes while always aware of who is in the lead. On the competition trails or in the stadium it is just as exhilarating for the spectators, who can follow the exciting duels between the athletes at close range. Needless to say, Eurovision Sport is proud to have recently renewed its contract with the IBU until the year of 2022. 50
NEXT EVENTS
• Biathlon World Cup 1/9 • Biathlon World Cup 8/9
2-9 December 2018, Pokljuka, Slovenia 14–17 February 2019, United States of
• Biathlon World Cup 2/9 America
13-16 December 2018, Hochfilzen, Austria • Biathlon Open European Championships
• Biathlon World Cup 3/9 23–24 February 2019, Minsk, Belarus
20-23 December 2018, Nove Mesto, Czech • Biathlon World Championships
Republic 7-17 March 2019, Ostersund, Sweden
• Biathlon World Cup 4/9 • Biathlon World Cup 9/9
10–13 January 2019, Oberhof, Germany 21-24 March 2019, Holmenkollen, Norway
• Biathlon World Cup 5/9 • Biathlon Summer World Championships
16–20 January 2019, Ruhpolding, Germany 21-25 August 2019, Minsk, Belarus
• Biathlon World Cup 6/9
24–27 January 2019, Antholz - Anterselva,
Italy TERRITORIES: THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE
• Biathlon Youth Junior World ON A WORLDWIDE BASIS.
Championships
2–3 February 2019, Brezno-Osrblie,
Slovakia
• Biathlon World Cup 7/9
07–10 February 2019, Canmore, Canada
51ISU SKATING Collaboration between the ISU and Eurovision Sport started in 1965 on the occasion of the European Figure Skating Championships in Moscow, Russia. Since then, Eurovision Sport is proud to represent this oldest governing international winter sport federation. This partnership for media rights will ensure maximum visibility combining the strengths of free-to-air coverage and broadcast guarantees from EBU Members with an all embracing approach to new media technologies to reach different audiences around the world. The ISU will hold more than 30 events this winter, making skating one of the most extensive sport in the world. We have the pleasure in providing this large number of competitions to European audiences and beyond including Figure Skating, Synchronised Skating, Speed Skating and Short Track Speed Skating, European and World Championships. The ISU offers more than 250 hours of live content, starting with the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Cup of the United States of America in October 2018 and ending with the Synchronised Skating World Championships in April 2019 in Helsinki, Finland. 52
NEXT EVENTS
FIGURE SKATING SPEED SKATING SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING
• Figure Skating European Championships • Speed Skating European Championships • Short Track Speed Skating European
23–27 January 2019, Minsk, Belarus 11–13 January 2019, Collalbo, Italy Championships
• Four Continents Figure Skating • Single Distances Speed Skating World 11–13 January 2019, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Championships Championships • Junior Short Track Speed Skating World
6–10 February 2019, Anaheim, United States 7–10 February 2019, Inzell, Germany Championships
of America • Junior Speed Skating World Champions 25–27 January 2019, Seoul, Republic of
• Junior Figure Skating World 15–17 February 2019, Baselga Di Pine, Italy Korea
Championships • Sprint Speed Skating World • Short Track Speed Skating World
6–10 March 2019, Zagreb, Croatia Championships Championships
• Figure Skating World Championships 23–24 February 2019, Heerenveen, 8–10 March 2019, Sofia, Bulgaria
20–24 March 2019, Saitama, Japan The Netherlands • 6 Short Track Skating World Cups
• World Team Trophy • Allround Speed Skating World From November to February 2019, various
11–14 April 2019, Fukuoka, Japan Championships locations
• Synchronized Skating World 2–3 March 2019, Calgary, Canada
Championships • 6 Speed Skating World Cups
12–14 April 2019, Helsinki, Finland From November 2018 to March 2019,
TERRITORIES: THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE
• 7 Figure Skating Grand Prix various locations ON A WORLDWIDE BASIS, EXCEPT CANADA,
CHINA, JAPAN, KOREA AND USA.
From October to December 2018, various
locations
5303 INDOOR
SPORTS
5455
UEG GYMNASTICS For almost 30 years Eurovision Sport has had an agreement with UEG, and the story continues to this day. This deal takes the organisations’ 30-year relationship to a new level, co-operating on the presentation of European Gymnastics to the future audiences in a multi-platform approach. The agreement covers 5 championships, including all Men’s and Women’s European Artistic and Rhythmic Championships distributed on Eurovision’s state-of-the-art broadcast network. Combining the technical performance with finesse and grace this beautiful sport has a wide interest in a large number of countries around the world. The Artistic (Men and Women) and Rhythmic European Championships are held annually. An average of 70 hours of footage is distributed on Eurovision’s network every year. 56
NEXT EVENTS
• UEG 2019 Artistic Gymnastics Individual
European Championships
10–14 April 2019, Szczecin, Poland
• UEG 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics European
Championships
31 May–2 June 2019, Baku, Azerbaijan
• UEG 2020 Artistic Team Gymnastics
European Championships
29 April–3 May 2020, Paris, France
• UEG 2020 Rhythmic Gymnastics European
Championships
22–24 May 2020, Kiev, Ukraine
• UEG 2020 Artistic Team Gymnastics
European Championships
27–31 May 2020, Baku, Azerbaijan
TERRITORIES: THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE ON A
WORLDWIDE BASIS
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