{"id":427,"date":"2016-03-31T16:01:04","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T16:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/31\/eurosport-athletics\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T17:45:17","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T17:45:17","slug":"eurosport-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/eurosport-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurosport covers elite Europeans Athletics events until 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the new agreement with European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Eurosport secures a series of top athletics events over the next four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agreement starts with the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam from July 6-10, and also includes the <strong>2017 and 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships<\/strong>, as well as the <strong>2017<\/strong>, <strong>2018<\/strong> and <strong>2019<\/strong> <strong>European<\/strong> <strong>Athletics<\/strong> <strong>Team<\/strong> <strong>Championships<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cEurosport has firmly established itself as the destination of choice for fans of Olympic sports on a year-round basis,\u201d<\/em> Eurosport Chief Executive Officer Peter Hutton said in his <a href=\"http:\/\/corporate.eurosport.com\/news-detail\/?id=6749\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThis deal demonstrates our commitment to athletics and the Olympic movement as we look forward to beginning our coverage of the Olympic Games across Europe in two years\u2019 time.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jonathan Edwards,<\/strong> the triple jump legend, has signed a contract as Eurosport\u2019s Lead Presenter and will head up the channel\u2019s flagship programming from 2016, including the Olympic Games from 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SportEventz Apps:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eurosport has already IAAF Diamond League rights in the UK, Germany and Asia-Pacific Eurosport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/30\/eurosport-secures-olympic-games-tv-rights-until-2024\/\">Eurosport Secures Olympic Games TV rights until 2024<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Together with media and entertainment company Discovery Communications, its parent company, Eurosport has last year acquired rights in 50 European markets to four editions of the Olympic Games, from 2018 to 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>About Eurosport<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Eurosport Group, part of Discovery Communications is dedicated to delivering live sports through compelling content and technical innovation. Eurosport reaches 222 million cumulative suscribers across 91 countries in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The network of channels is available in 54 countries, in 20 different languages providing viewers with European and international sporting events. Eurosport first launched on European satellites on 5 February 1989. 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