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HBO Max offering enhanced Tour de France Multi-view feature

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has unveiled its enhanced coverage offer for the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift with new innovations and studios bringing cycling coverage to millions of viewers in 21 languages across 50 markets in Europe. More than 100 hours of live television coverage across all 21 stages of […]

July 1, 2026

Wales: S4C acquires Tour de France 2026 rights

S4C has secured the rights to broadcast the Tour de France in 2026, giving viewers in Wales the chance to follow the biggest cycling race in the world through a combination of live stages and highlights. Welsh language coverage of the 2026 race will run from July 4th to 26th, with highlights and live race […]

July 1, 2026

Tour de France on 5

Cycling’s biggest races have a new free-to-air home in the UK on 5 through a new multi-year deal with TNT Sports to show highlights of each of the Grand Tours. Additionally, the Grand Départs return to the UK for the Tour de France and the Tour de France Femmes in 2027 will be airing live […]

June 17, 2026By Nik Roseveare

WBD’s Tour de France coverage adds new viewing features

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) Sports Europe is readying to present “next-level” coverage of the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift for cycling fans across Europe and Asia. The 2025 Tour de France sets out from Lille with its 112th Grand Départ on July 5th with all 21 stages of the 3,320-kilometre […]

July 2, 2025

Top cycling races remain on WBD services

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) Sports Europe is extending its rights to show a large number of the world’s greatest cycling races until at least 2030. The move cements its position as the Home of Cycling and guarantees broad access for millions of viewers across Europe. The new partnership with the EBU and ASO from 2026 […]

October 25, 2024

DAZN braced for summer of sport

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, is looking ahead to a busy summer of sport. Over the coming weeks, DAZN’s users across select core markets can stream Wimbledon (now until July 14th), the Tour de France (now until July 21st), the Olympics (July 26th – August 11th), the US Open (August 26th – September 8th), and […]

July 5, 2024

Every stage of Tour de France on WBD platforms

The world’s greatest cycling race begins on June 29th with wheel-to-wheel coverage of the Tour de France on Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD) channels and platforms from the Grand Depart in Florence to the final stage in Nice on July 21st. Max and discovery+ will provide coverage of every stage of Eurosport’s production, shown live and […]

June 25, 2024

Study: High cost of sports IP infringement

As Europe gears up for major sporting events such as UEFA Euro 2024, the Tour de France, and the Olympic Games in Paris, the European Union faces concerning trends in illegal sports streaming and counterfeit sporting goods. According to European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) data, millions of EU citizens access or stream sports content […]

June 13, 2024By Colin Mann

What are the most watched sport events in the world?

Sports are a huge part of human culture, entertainment and history. Indeed, for as long as humans have been around, we’ve played sports in some way or another. For example, the Ancient Chinese had a kick-ball game similar to modern day football, and the Aztecs played a version of volleyball. The more things have changed, […]

April 11, 2024

EMG, Gravity Media combine businesses

The Boards of Directors of EMG, a provider of  broadcast services and media solutions for live sports, entertainment and events, and Gravity Media, a provider of complex live creative production and media services, have confirmed the completion of a definitive agreement to combine their businesses. The combination of their complementary businesses creates one of the […]

January 11, 2024