The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the umbrella body of free-to-air broadcasters, has renewed its agreement with the European Aquatics governing body as it continues to shore up its sports rights portfolio.
The renewal will see the EBU continue to exclusively showcase top competitions on the European Aquatics calendar from 2025 to 2028, including the European Swimming Championships, the European Short Course Championships, the European Senior Diving and Artistic Swimming Championships, and the European Water Polo Championships.
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European Aquatics president Antonio Silva said: “Our strategy has always been to reach the maximum number of people on free-to-air channels, so we are very happy to be able to renew this contract with the EBU and to work together to grow the sport.
“The digital landscape is rapidly evolving, and this agreement enables us to continue to have a presence on eurovisionsport.com, which is an added benefit for fans of the sport.”
A total of 22 EBU member broadcasters will cover the events, including BNT (Bulgaria), HRT (Croatia), CT (Czechia), YLE (Finland), FT (France), ARD & ZDF (Germany), ERT (Greece), MTVA (Hungary), RUV (Iceland), The Sports Channel (Israel), RAI (Italy), LRT (Lithuania), NOS (Netherlands), TVP (Poland), RTP (Portugal), TVR (Romania), RTS (Serbia), RTV (Slovenia), SVT (Sweden), SRG SSR (Switzerland), TRT (Turkey), Suspilne (Ukraine).
EBU’s free-to-air streaming platform Eurovision Sport will also provide fans with access to live and on-demand coverage of European Aquatics events.
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By GlobalDataMeanwhile, the EBU has also renewed its long-standing partnership with international cycling body UCI to retain rights to major World Championships through 2031.
The renewal covers all major disciplines for both men’s and women’s competitions across road, track, mountain bike, BMX Racing, BMX Freestyle, cyclo-cross (including rounds of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup) trials, and gravel, as well as the quadrennial UCI Cycling World Championships.
The territories that will show races include: Belgium (RTBF and VRT) , Czechia (Czech TV), Denmark (TV2) , France (France Télévisions & l’Equipe), Germany (ZDF), Hungary (MTVA), Italy (RAI), Netherlands (NOS), Norway (TV2), Portugal (RTP), Slovakia (STVR), Slovenia (RTV), Spain (RTVE), Switzerland (SRG-SSR) and UK (BBC).
Media giant Warner Bros. Discovery will continue to broadcast all UCI World Championships on its various platforms, including Eurosport, as part of a sublicensing deal with the EBU.
The deal builds on the EBU’s cycling portfolio, including a partnership with ASO and Unipublic, organizers of the Tour de France and La Vuelta, respectively, to show the flagship road races and others through 2030.
UCI president David Lappartient said: “The EBU has enabled fans across Europe to follow UCI events free of charge for the past eight years. I am very pleased that we are continuing our collaboration for our various cycling disciplines until 2031.
“This means that we will be able to ensure maximum exposure for our events, enabling us to reach existing and new audiences across Europe.”
The two announcements come in the same week that the EBU renewed its agreement with the European Gymnastics governing body to continue covering the men’s and women’s artistic and rhythmic gymnastics competitions through 2028, across 21 European territories.
Late last year, the EBU also secured TV and radio broadcast rights to the 2026 and 2030 editions of soccer’s iconic FIFA World Cup in five territories – Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, and Israel (2026 only).
