Athletics: Warner Bros. Discovery acquires European TV rights to 2023 World Championships

Warner Bros. Discovery (parent company of Eurosport) has acquired the rights to broadcast the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, from 19 to 27/08/2023 in more than 45 European countries (excluding Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden), announced the media and entertainment conglomerate on 28/11/2022.

"Warner Bros. Discovery has agreed a deal with World Athletics rights-holders Eurovision Sport and ESPN to broadcast next year's nine-day event on its channels - Eurosport 1, Eurosport 2 and Eurosport App - including its platform discovery+ - on a non-exclusive basis in more than 45 countries across Europe. Last month, Warner Bros. Discovery kicked off its road to Olympic Games Paris 2024 programming with the launch of Mon Paris Olympique on Eurosport in France, airing each month right up to the Opening Ceremony in July 2024," explained the conglomerate.

Eurovision Sport, a subsidiary of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU; an alliance of public service media organisations present in 56 European countries), and the pay-TV bouquet ESPN own and distribute the media…