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Sweden: Extreme E on Sportkanalen

Extreme E, the electric off-road racing series, has confirmed Sweden’s leading channel Sportkanalen as the latest addition to its broadcasting portfolio. C More, Sportkanalen’s digital channel, is popular throughout Sweden and will air live coverage of Extreme E’s X Prixs as well as the preview, review, and magazine shows in both Swedish and English. Coverage […]

May 7, 2021

Extreme E’s doc series hits global screens

Extreme E, the electric off-road racing series, has many stories to tell, whether that’s the racing itself, its equality stance or its missions around climate change and the environment. With just five X Prixs, telling all those stories throughout the weekend broadcast is impossible, which is why the series is creating a magazine show – […]

May 5, 2021

Extreme E signs Sub-Saharan deal with SuperSport

Electric motorsport series Extreme E has confirmed a broadcasting agreement with SuperSport, expanding its reach into over 50 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa, Uganda and Nigeria. One of Africa’s largest sporting content aggregators, Johannesburg-based SuperSport International, broadcasts elite content such as Premier League football, PGA Tour golf, Formula One and Moto GP. Extreme […]

April 30, 2021

Japan: Extreme E signs J SPORTS deal

Electric SUV racing series, Extreme E, has announced that one of Japan’s largest sports broadcaster, J SPORTS, is televising the championship on its linear channels, J SPORTS 1, J SPORTS 2, J SPORTS 3 and J SPORTS 4. All five of this year’s X Prix are being aired with Japanese subtitles, beginning with the debut […]

April 23, 2021

Grabyo powers Motorsport.tv Live

Digital motorsport and automotive publisher Motorsport Network’s OTT service Motorsport.tv has partnered with cloud video platform Grabyo to produce the world’s first live digital motorsports news channel, Motorsport.tv Live providing accessible coverage of motor sport and breaking news across the globe. Announced in March 2021, the channel delivers breaking news as it happens from around […]

April 21, 2021By Colin Mann

beIN Sports acquires MENA rights to Extreme E

beIN Media Group, the global sports and entertainment group, has secured the non-exclusive broadcast rights to the debut season of motorsport series Extreme E across 24 countries in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA). beIN Sports will air live races featuring the 100 per cent electric motorsport cars, highlight shows and the series’ 20-part […]

April 20, 2021

Extreme E’s Desert X Prix content draws 18.5m TikTok views

Extreme E, the electric off-road racing series, has completed its inaugural X Prix in the Saudi Arabian desert, and prior to the event, the championship signed an agreement with TikTok to bolster its social media offering. Across the race weekend, Extreme E pulled in 18.5 million organic views across TikTok content produced by partner Little […]

April 15, 2021

Taiwan: ELTA TV to broadcast Extreme E

Electric SUV race series Extreme E, which had its debut in Saudi Arabia last week, has announced that Taiwanese broadcaster ELTA will show all of the championship’s X Prix live in both Chinese and English on its Sports channel. The deal means that audiences in Taiwan can also watch Extreme E’s behind-the-scenes magazine show and […]

April 12, 2021

South Africa: Extreme E signs with SABC

Electric SUV racing series, Extreme E, has announced that South Africa’s SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation) will televise all five of this year’s X Prix live on its linear channels, SABC1, SABC2, SABC3 and SABC Sport Channel – which began with the debut X Prix which took place in the deserts of Saudi Arabia last […]

April 9, 2021

China: Extreme E on CCTV

Electric race series, Extreme E, which made its debut in Saudi Arabia on April 3rd, has announced that China’s CCTV broadcasted the Desert X Prix, and will also air the remaining four X Prixs on its sports platform. In addition to being aired live on CCTV.com, Extreme E’s race footage is also available on Cbox […]

April 6, 2021