The best track and field athletes on the planet will compete for the right to be crowned World Champion this September with Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) set to screen the action through a new broadcast partnership with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The non-exclusive agreement covers 45 markets across Europe (excluding the Nordics and Poland) […]
BBC Sport and Athletic Ventures have confirmed a new five-year deal to broadcast coverage of some of the biggest UK athletics events, including the London Athletics Meet, until 2029. This new deal will bring world-class athletics to BBC platforms – BBC TV, iPlayer and BBC Sport digital platforms – ensuring the biggest moments in UK […]
DAZN, the sports streaming platform, is partnering with the Global Running League (‘GRL’) to broadcast all RunGP events this year live and for free to fans worldwide. RunGP is a new series of competitive running events backed by Sir Mo Farah with the inaugural event to be held at the Lusail International Circuit in Qatar […]
Infront has been appointed by World Athletics to lead international media rights sales for the World Athletics Ultimate Championship, a new flagship event. The inaugural competition will take place at the Budapest National Athletics Stadium from September 11th-13th 2026. The partnership strengthens Infront’s longstanding relationship with World Athletics. This already encompasses international media rights to […]
Infront has secured several long-term broadcast agreements for the Wanda Diamond League from 2025. These include new free-to air deals to ensure broad global coverage of the sport following the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Free-to-air agreements have been signed in Latvia with LTV, Switzerland with SRG and Germany with ARD and ZDF (via SportA) who […]
Tata Communications has announced a five-year global host broadcasting services deal covering the World Athletics Series of events. From 2025, Tata Communications will be a key strategic supplier for World Athletics, with a view to elevating innovation and audience engagement to new heights. The collaboration kicks off in another huge year for the sport, with […]
BBC Sport has agreed a new multi-year deal with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to broadcast European Athletics Championships up to and including 2027. Beginning with the European Athletics Championships in Rome (June 7th-12th), the deal also includes the 2026 European Athletics Championships which takes place in Birmingham, the 2025 and 2027 European Athletics Indoor […]
Netflix is in production on a new sports documentary series tracking top sprinters from countries including the US, Jamaica, the UK, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Italy. This series delves deep into the psyches of those elite competitors who train to be the fastest person on the planet. Netflix will invite viewers to take an exclusive […]
beIN Media Group and World Athletics have agreed a new deal for the broadcast of all World Athletics events, including the 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships in Oregon and Budapest respectively, across 24 countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in a 2-year deal. The World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022 gets under […]