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Handball market report, 2020
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the handball media-rights landscape.
European handball set for new era as three-way joint venture readies to “run federation like a business”
Adam Nelson investigates the European Handball Federation's latest media and marketing rights agreements, after the recent joint bid for packaged rights from Infront and DAZN Group secured the organisation a 300-per-cent increase.
BeIN hits out at scaremongering and insists it’s ‘business as usual’ despite Saudi blockade
BeIN Media Group, the Qatari broadcaster, has hit out angrily at media reports suggesting beIN Sports channels are being blacked out in the Middle East and North Africa as a consequence of the Saudi Arabia-led economic blockade of Qatar. Frank Dunne and Robin Jellis report.
Handball Worlds throw off with widespread broadcast distribution but no Polish deal
Broadcast rights to the 2021 IHF World Men’s Handball Championship, which begins today (Wednesday) in Egypt, have been distributed widely by the Sportfive agency in handball markets worldwide, with the e…
World Handball Championship to be held behind closed doors
The International Handball Federation has announced that its World Men’s Championship will go ahead this month behind closed doors due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
CCTV among EHF Final4 broadcasters, women’s EHF Euro final draws strong ratings
The European Handball Federation has announced that Chinese state broadcaster CCTV will be one of 40 broadcasters in more than 80 territories that will cover this year’s edition of its Final4 club competition.
Gazprom’s Nord Stream 2 renews EHF Champions League sponsorship
Nord Stream 2, the Gazprom-based gas pipeline project, has extended its sponsorship of the men’s EHF Champions League for another two seasons.