SRG partnership with Swiss-Ski and Infront Sports & Media extended
SRG Swiss-Ski and Infront Sports & Media have renewed their three-way partnership regarding the production, broadcast, and marketing of FIS World Cup events in the disciplines of alpine skiing, ski jumping, cross-country skiing, freestyle, ski cross, and snowboarding through the end of the 2015–16 season. The parties have agreed not to disclose the financial terms of the agreement.
The partnership was renewed at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide at the end of the alpine ski season until 2015/16. The agreement between SRG and Swiss-Ski for the next five seasons includes the productions of all Swiss FIS World Cup events in the disciplines of alpine skiing, ski jumping, cross-country skiing, freestyle, ski cross and snowboarding. SRG acquires from Swiss-Ski the worldwide media exploitation rights of all FIS events in Switzerland for radio and TV stations as well as multimedia platforms.
The contractual agreement between SRG and Infront governs the acquisition of the rights to broadcast the international FIS World Cup events for all radio and television stations as well as SRG's multimedia platforms. The rights package includes up to 50 Alpine skiing races per season. In return, SRG licenses the media rights of the Swiss FIS World Cup events to Infront for international television marketing.
The parties have agreed not to disclose the financial compensation and contractual details.
