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HANDBALL HITS NEW HEIGHTS
HANDBALL HITSNEW HEIGHTS
FOOTBALL WINTER SPORTS SUMMER SPORTS & ACTIVE LIFESTYLE
Key Facts
• Europe’s best handball teams compete in a biennial
cycle (even years)
• Worldwide media rights for Men’s and Women’s EHF
EURO (with 47 games each) and respective qualifications
• Live TV signal made available on satellite, and ready for
webcast, archive, or news uesage via ftp access
• State-of-the-art multi- and unilateral broadcast
production supervised by Infront
• All games covered with up to 18 cameras and distributed
in High Definition (HD)
Spirit of the sport and the competition
This highly physical and demanding team sport is fast and exciting
to watch and more popular than ever before. Every two years
towards the end of January, Europe’s best men’s handball teams
meet to contest the EHF European Championships with the
women’s teams meeting in the December of the same year.
The big handball countries such as Denmark, Germany, France,
Norway, Spain, Sweden and Russia along with Eastern European
nations (such as Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Poland) and many
other smaller countries are strong contenders, making the
competition inclusive and adding to its democratic appeal.
The event fascinates television audiences around the globe. For the
Men’s and Women’s EHF EUROs, broadcast agreements were also
closed for territories beyond Europe, including the Middle East,
North Africa, Australia, USA, Canada and entire South America.
Handball is the most popular indoor sport in many European countries and as one of the fastest sports worldwide, continues to rapidly increase in popularity. The EHF EUROs feature the best 16 top men’s and women’s teams from across Europe and take place every two years in January and December respectively.
Media Rights Contact: Martin Roos, [email protected]
Upcoming Events
As marketing and media partner of the EHF,
Infront Sports & Media distributes all forms
of media rights for the EHF EUROs and its
qualification matches on a worldwide basis,
including all media rights (TV, radio, online).
This combination of rights under one roof
has proved highly beneficial.
HANDBALL HITS NEW HEIGHTS
The successful partnership between the EHF and Infront has seen the EHF EURO become one of the leading international events on the indoor sports market. Jean Brihault, President of the EHF
RIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES
2018 Men’s European Handball Championship12 – 28 January in Croatia
2016 Men’s European Handball Championship15 – 31 January in Poland
2016 Women’s European Handball Championship4 – 18 December in Sweden
2018 Women’s European Handball Championship30 November – 16 December in France
2020 Men’s European Handball Championship10 – 26 January in Austria/Norway/Sweden
2020 Women’s European Handball Championship4 – 20 December in Norway/Denmark
FOOTBALL WINTER SPORTS SUMMER SPORTS & ACTIVE LIFESTYLE
MEDIA PRODUCTION PROSPECTS
Additional exposure is also secured through
the highly popular online EHF EURO
platforms – the official website (www.
ehf-euro.com), the official EHF EURO
YouTube, Facebook and Twitter channels
– all of which have been developed by
Infront in conjunction with the EHF.
In 2014, a new digital content strategy
– providing more engaging content focusing
on video clips, behind-the-scenes, live blog
updates and social media posts with
pictures - created an overall increase of in
media value equivalence of over 43%
compared to 2012.
www.infrontsports.com/EHFEURO
The host broadcasting for the EHF EURO is
overseen by Infront and provides a
state-of-the-art multilateral and unilateral
broadcast production. This includes filming
and transmitting a high quality signal which
includes special effects equipment such as
SpiderCams and High Speed Superslomo
cameras to show the beauty of the game.
All games are covered with up to 18
cameras in total, produced in high
definition television quality (HDTV) and
distributed with adapted and animated
on-screen graphics.
Furthermore, Infront’s Broadcaster
Servicing team delivers all relevant
editorial and organisational information to
all rights holders. The team builds the
direct link between broadcasters and the
production operations, ensuring all
agreements are implemented smoothly.
The partnership between the European
Handball Federation (EHF) and Infront
Sports & Media in respect of the Men’s and
Women’s EHF EURO has been a success
story since 1993 – with the current
agreement running until 2020.
Television coverage and audience figures
have consistently increased over the years.
On average, the Men’s and Women’s EHF
EURO reaches a cumulative television
audience of 1.3 billion people, transmitted
into more than 200 countries and
territories worldwide.
BACKGROUND APPEAL
