This month’s World Championships in Athletics, scheduled for July 15-24, 2022 at Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, will be completed with EBU members and broadcast partners across Europe and beyond.
The Oregon22 World Championships in Athletics are being held in the United States this year for the first time, after being postponed by a year due to the Covid pandemic.
They will gain full policy advantages from more than 40 issuers in Europe and Africa, with a combined total of over 2100 policy hours planned, adding over 1800 live hours (an average of over 60 hours consistent with the broadcaster, in data gained from 34 issuers to date).
More than 20 EBU members will have services on the site, while Eurovision Sport will continue with Ukrainian member UA:PBC, to ensure it can broadcast the championships despite the effects of the war.
EBU members who have acquired the rights to broadcast to date include:
ORF (Austria); RTBF
Other stations include: The Sports Channel (Israel); Ciel (Italy); TV4 (Sweden); Arena Sport (Balkan bread); SABC (South Africa); and Supersport (Sub-Saharan Africa).
Elsewhere in Africa, ESPN (which, in combination with Eurovision Sport, jointly owns the rights to WA media in Europe and Africa until 2023) has distributed policies to broadcasters including: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation; Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation; Malawi Broadcasting Corporation; Liberian National Television; and Eswatini Television.
Eurovision Services will perform some satellite distribution of all embedded broadcasts and ISO production in the Americas, Asia and Europe for over 417 hours of content. In addition, Eurovision Services will provide RTMP and HLS broadcast facilities for World Athletics and UDP SRT for Eurovision Sport. .
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said: “We are very pleased with the significant broadcast commitment made through EBU members to ensure that our European and African enthusiasts enjoy a broad live policy of our iconic World Championships. This is further confirmation of the enduring appeal of athletics, not only in Europe, but around the world. We are all ahead of the spectacle of the world’s most productive athletes competing for world titles, especially after the exceptional quality of the festival at last year’s Tokyo Olympics.
Andreas Aristodemou, director of summer sports rights at Eurovision Sport, added: “This year’s World Athletics Championships in Oregon has been highly anticipated and this is well demonstrated in the broadcast plans we have won so far. Despite the unfavorable time zone, audiences in Europe and Africa will complete the policy of performance at Hayward Field that promises to be unforgettable.
Last year, the EBU extended its agreement with World Athletics to cover European and African rights on all existing and non-existent platforms, all modes of distribution (although the vast majority of coverage will be free), as well as non-exclusive radio rights. from 2024 to 2029.
The renewal marked a 40-year partnership between World Athletics and the EBU.
The World Championships in Athletics are just one component of an exceptional sporting summer for loose television in EBU territories. Events already underway or to come include: the Tour de France/Tour de France Femmes with Zwift (1-24 July/24-31 July); 2022 UEFA Women’s European Championship (6-31 July); European Championships Munich 2022 (11-21 August); and European Aquatic Championships (11-21 August).
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