Sara Alessi

SINGAPORE: Eurosport has bolstered its commitment to cycling by securing exclusive and extended coverage for the Giro d’Italia and additional races, bringing fans more than 200 days of live coverage of the sport this year.

AMSTERDAM: Zoomin.TV, part of MTG, has made an investment of more than €2 million ($2 million) to support its Generation Z strategy in Germany, appointing former Clipkit CEO Cengiz Kurt to lead Zoomin.TV Deutschland as part of this initiative.

NEW YORK/LONDON: Sky UK and Tough Mudder have entered into a video content partnership that brings the active lifestyle brand to digital and linear platforms on Sky Sports.

WARSAW: Eight SPI International channels are rolling out in Turkey via cable operator Türksat/Kablo TV.

KNOXVILLE: Scripps Networks Interactive has made leadership changes at TVN in Poland, with Kenneth W. Lowe and Jim Samples both taking on new responsibilities.

HILVERSUM: Television Entertainment Reality Network (TERN), creator of the premium Ultra HD channel INsight, has appointed Graeme Stanley as its commercial director.

NEW YORK/LONDON: CSI Sports has secured new carriage deals for its 24/7 HD network Fight Sports with pay-TV operators in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

LONDON: TRACE Group has launched its signature music channel in Serbia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina via the Total TV package from United Group.

LONDON: Discovery Communications has appointed Bernard Ross, who joins from The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), to the newly created role of Eurosport’s chief operating officer and general manager of the Olympic Games.

LONDON: British comedian Russell Howard has signed on to write and star in a brand-new series for Sky 1.