Good news for the German handball fans: The chances are good that the next two world championships in 2019 and 2021 will be on free TV again. The last two tournaments ran on pay TV on Sky (2015) or as an online stream on the homepage of a sponsor (2017). At that time, the Qatari rights holder beIN Sports had refused to sell the rights to ARD and ZDF or any other free-TV channel. Reason: By satellite, these stations are freely available in countries such as France, where beIN Sports Pay held rights to the World Handball Championships.
According to SPORT BILD information, the Qataris will not play this time in the bidding for the rights for the 2019 and 2021 World Championships. The World Federation IHF wants to vote on the final award on Monday (13 November) at its congress in Turkey. In industry circles, experts are already firmly believe that the French marketer Lagardere gets there the contract. The tournaments will take place in 2019 in Germany and Denmark and 2021 in Egypt. Continue reading “Good chances for Handball World Cup in German Free-TV”