Zug / Vienna, 14 July 2015. Infront Sports & Media,media and marketing partner of the European HandballFederation for the EHF European Championships, hassecured an exclusive media rights agreement with beINSPORTS, the global network of sports channels.
The contract covers the Men’s and Women’s EHF EUROs in 2016 and 2018, as well as the rights for theaway qualification matches of the French national teams. It includes free and pay coverage for live,delayed, highlights and news coverage across a broad geographical region.
The territories included in the agreement are:
• France (including French overseas territories), Monaco, Andorra, Mauritius, Madagascar
• The MENA region including, but not limited to, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Morocco
• The USA, Canada and Australia
Host broadcaster for Women’s EHF EURO 2018
For the Women`s EHF EURO 2018 in France, beIN SPORT FRANCE will operate as host broadcaster as wellas facilitate free-TV coverage (through sublicensing or free-to-air window on beIN SPORTS network) liveand in full length of all matches involving the French national team. For all four tournaments in the cycle,beIN SPORTS FRANCE will broadcast a minimum of 10 matches on its platforms (including all Frenchmatches, both semi-finals and one final match).
The Men’s and Women’s EHF EURO 2016 are scheduled to take place in Poland (15 - 31 January) andSweden (4 - 18 December) respectively and the Men’s EHF EURO 2018 in Croatia (12 - 28 January) with theWomen’s EHF EURO 2018 in France (30 November - 16 December).
For more information, please contact:
Media contact European Handball Federation
Thomas Schöneich
EHF Media and Communications
Phone: +43 1 80 151 164
Email: schoeneich@eurohandball.com
Twitter: @EHFMedia
Media contact Infront Sports & Media AG
Jörg Polzer / Nike Möhle
Corporate Communications
Phone: +41 41 723 17 18
Email: press@infrontsports.com
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