NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan – The best of university sport action is now guaranteed to reach
millions of homes all over Asia. The International University Sports Federation (FISU) signed a
three-year agreement with the Asian Broadcasting Union, ensuring that FISU sports events
will be available to the extensive ABU members’ network across the Asia – Pacific region.
The agreement had been reached in January 2019, following which the Krasnoyarsk 2019
Winter Universiade broadcast signal was also delivered to ABU. The final signing of the
agreement, however, took place during the 64th ABU Sports Group Conference in Nur-Sultan,
Kazakhstan, from 14-16 June 2019.
As the global governing body of international university sports, FISU offers a wide array of
world class events to its broadcast partners. The pact with ABU includes the aforementioned
Winter Universiade held earlier this year, the upcoming Napoli 2019 Summer Universiade, all
editions of the University World Cups of 3x3 Basketball and Football between now and 2021
as well as both the Summer and the Winter Universiades two years from now – Chengdu 2021
and Lucerne 2021.
The ABU Secretary General, Dr Javad Mottaghi, had earlier welcomed the move by FISU to
sign the partnership agreement for yet another three years. He said the 280-member strong
Union, comprised mostly of broadcasters, is able to reach over 3 billion audiences across Asia
and the Pacific. The territory covered by this agreement includes the length and breadth of
Asia, going as far west as Mauritius and as far east as Papua New Guinea.
FISU Secretary General - CEO Eric Saintrond, present in Nur-Sultan to sign the deal, said the
renewed partnership underlines FISU’s commitment to ensuring that university sport reaches
as wide an audience as possible. "FISU organizes large-scale elite sporting events of the
highest calibre which generate compelling television content. Together with our partners, we
must ensure that this reaches as many sports fans as possible, around the world. And the
importance of Asia can never be understated."
The agreement gives ABU exclusive terrestrial broadcast rights for live and non-exclusive for
highlights and news across all platforms including digital and mobile.
The International University Sports Federation – FISU
Founded in 1949, FISU stands for Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire
(International University Sports Federation). FISU was formed within university institutions in
order to promote sports values and sports practice in harmony with the university spirit.
Promoting sports values means encouraging friendship, fraternity, fair-play, perseverance,
integrity and cooperation amongst students, who one day may have responsibilities and key
positions in politics, economy, culture and industry.
With FISU’s motto being ‘Today’s Stars, Tomorrow’s Leaders’, all FISU events include
educational and cultural aspects, bringing together sport and academia from all over the
world to celebrate with a spirit of friendship and sportsmanship. FISU cooperates in
developing its events and programmes with all major international sports and educational
organisations. As major outcomes of those collaborations, in 2015, the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) proclaimed the International Day
of University Sport to be celebrated annually on 20 September – an event that has seen huge
growth in its first few years.
FISU is composed of 174 Member Associations (National University Sports Federations). The
FISU General Assembly elects the members of the FISU Executive Committee, its board of
directors. A total of 14 permanent committees advise the Executive Committee in their
specialised areas. For the daily administration of FISU, the FISU Executive Committee relies
on the Secretary General, who is assisted by the FISU staff. FISU’s headquarters are in
Lausanne, Switzerland.
For more information please contact FISU Media at media@fisu.net or Press Officer Tina
Sharma at t.sharma@fisu.net
For up-to-the-minute information and updates on FISU, please visit our website www.fisu.net
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