She will continue to present cycling events on Eurosport, alongside new host duties of the FIM MotoGP and other events. Eurosport has extended its partnership with sports presenter Orla Chennaoui. She first joined the broadcaster’s UK team in 2019 as lead cycling presenter. She will continue to front Eurosport’s coverage of cycling’s three Grand Tours […]
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Discovery secures exclusive Giro d’Italia rights until 2025
Eurosport, discovery+, and the Global Cycling Network will broadcast the competition Discovery has secured the exclusive global rights to the Giro d’Italia, exclusing Italy, San Marino, and Vatican City on a non-exclusive basis. The long-term deal agreed with RCS Sport via IMG means that the Grand Tour will be broadcast through linear on Eurosport, on […]
Tour of Britain and Women’s Tour agree UK and global broadcast deals
River Media Partners will act as broadcast agent in the UK, while Eurosport will handle the global rights The Tour of Britain and Women’s Tour have agreed a partnership with Eurosport and the Global Cycling Network (GCN). The five-year deal sees the Women’s Tour produced for live coverage for the first time, and the Eurosport […]
Eurosport secures rights to UCI cycling events
The deal gives Eurosports exclusive rights to premium UCI events in more than 35 markets and territories across Europe. Eurosport has picked up the live rights to multiple premium Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) events this year. The events include the UCI Road World Championship, UCI Track Cycling World Championship, UCI Mountain Biking World Championship, BMX […]
Eurosport reveals a 68% increase in viewers for cycling Grand Tours
The broadcaster reports a significant rise in viewing figures during the pandemic. Eurosport has reported major growth in viewing figures for its cycling coverage of this year’s Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and La Vuelta. Number of viewers was up 48% for its live coverage of the Tour de France, compared to last year, while […]
Eurosport gears up for its most extensive Tour de France coverage
The broadcaster is utilising digital platforms for faster highlights and more Tour de France action than ever before. Eurosport is covering ‘every minute of every stage of the 2020 Tour de France’ across 75 markets, including new formats and ways to watch (the Eurosport App, Eurosport.com and the GCN app). Working together with Discovery-owned Global […]
Top-level cycling returns to Eurosport and GCN after lockdown hiatus
Men’s and women’s competitions are restarting this week on the network Eurosport and the Global Cycling Network (GCN) have welcomed top-level cycling back to their platforms this week, with several competitions restarting after the lockdown hiatus. The men’s and women’s Strade Bianche was the first to get going on Saturday, with extensive coverage on offer […]
Eurosport to show classic stages from Giro D’Italia in new interactive show
90-minute daily live and on-demand show includes quizzes and polls. Eurosport has unveiled a 90-minute live and on-demand interactive daily show re-running the most memorable stages of Giro d’Italia from the last seven years. As part of a collaboration with Global Cycling Network (GCN), Eurosport is launching Giro d’Italia Classic Stages on Saturday 9 May […]
Eurosport to screen Zwift Tour for All exhibition cycle eracing series
5-day tournament features some of the world’s best cyclists and mass-participation stages. Eurosport is broadcasting the Zwift Tour for All exhibition racing series, a pro racing tour on the Zwift virtual platform. The tour will be held over five stages on 4-8 May, and will feature teams from both the men’s and women’s World Tours. […]
S4C lines up schedule of Welsh sporting classics
Welsh broadcaster goes big on Wales-focused sporting re-runs. Welsh broadcaster S4C is the latest to announce a series of archive broadcasts, to fill the slot left by live sport cancellations. Naturally, it’s focused on Wales’ sporting past, with the broadcaster commissioning a number of productions it will TX over the coming weeks. The programming includes […]
Eleven Sports to televise Digital Swiss cycling esports event
The esports competition uses real video footage of the roads in the Tour de Suisse. Eleven Sports is to broadcast The Digital Swiss 5 cycling series live in Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Italy and Myanmar. The race, which takes place 22-26 April, features some of the world’s best cyclists, with 16 of the 19 World […]
Roundtable: How to Build A Fan Base
The rise in new sports formats has focused attention on the best way to combine traditional media with social and digital platforms to engage with and retain audiences. In recent years, a plethora of newly devised sports formats have launched. Formats like Sail GP, Extreme E, the Six Day Series and Roborace or major one-off […]
The Digital Swiss 5 to bring virtual cycling to screens with real athletes
The competition is being run by Velon, the Tour de Suisse, and the Rouvy Indoor Cycling Reality platform Cycling organisation Velon has worked with the Tour de Suisse and the Rouvy Indoor Cycling Reality platform to bring viewers The Digital Swiss 5. The competition will involve world tour teams using their ‘smart’ trainers at home […]
Discovery and UCI partner to promote Track Cycling World League
Discovery channels such as Eurosport will give the league exposure Discovery and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) have partnered to promote the Track Cycling World League, which will get underway in 2021. Signed at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin, the agreement will mean that the management, TV production and distribution of […]
How the Coronavirus is affecting major sport events
The Six Nations’ Italy v Ireland has already had to be postponed This week the Six Nations match between Italy and Ireland was postponed as a precaution after the Coronavirus outbreak. The last occasion a similar situation happened was back in 2001, when foot and mouth disease saw Ireland play its final three tests in […]
Eurosport extends rights to show Grand Tour events
It will also be showing flagship women’s races in a historic first Eurosport has agreed a deal for the rights to show two Grand Tour cycling events and two major women’s races in Europe until 2025. Eurovision Sport and the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) have agreed the deal, which allows Eurosport to show the Tour […]
Six Day Series reveals broadcast plans for 2019/20 season
Global cycling event will be televised by Eurosport and through OTT app FloSports Madison Sports Group’s cycling tournament, the Six Day Series has revealed its broadcast deals for the 2019/20 season across linear, subscription, OTT and streaming platforms. The series will be available in 100+ countries with Eurosport (a long-term partner of Six Day Series) […]
Six Day Series: Fast track to success
Revitalising one of cycling’s first ever track events, the Six Day Series is making innovative use of data to educate first-time fans and grow its audience The growth in shorter TV sports formats, marrying cutting-edge on-screen technologies with rousing in-stadium entertainment, continues at full pace. Cycling’s version – the Six Day Series – hit its […]