It’s not just the rider and team line-up for the 2025 FIM Endurance World Championship that’s rapidly taking shape.
Ahead of the eagerly anticipated new season getting under way with the 24 Heures Motos at Le Mans in France (19-20 April), EWC promoter Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Sports has finalised a standout roster of broadcast partners and agreements to ensure coverage of the all-action championship is available to watch on television and online around the world.
For the upcoming season, WBD Sports is delighted to confirm coverage of all four EWC races will be broadcast live and on-demand through WBD’s channels and platforms, including Eurosport (Europe) and TNT Sports (Ireland and United Kingdom) with streaming also on discovery+ and Max, as well as around the world through WBD’s broadcast partners.
EWC fans living in Europe can watch live EWC action in their respective countries as follows:
Andorra: Eurosport, Max
Austria: discovery+, Eurosport, Servus TV
Belgium: Eurosport, HBO Max, RTBF Auvio
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Eurosport, Max
Bulgaria: Eurosport, Max
Croatia: Eurosport, Max
Czech Republic: Eurosport, Max
Denmark: Eurosport, Max
Faroe Islands: Eurosport, Max
Finland: Eurosport, Max
France: Eurosport, Max, La chaîne L’Équipe
Germany: discovery+, Eurosport
Greece: Eurosport
Hungary: Eurosport, Max
Ireland: TNT Sports
Italy: discovery+, Eurosport
Moldova: Eurosport, Max
Montenegro: Eurosport, Max
Netherlands: Eurosport, HBO Max
North Macedonia: Eurosport, Max
Norway: Eurosport, Max
Poland: Eurosport, Max
Portugal: Eurosport, Max
Romania: Eurosport, Max
Serbia: Eurosport, Max
Slovakia: Eurosport, Max, RTVS
Slovenia: Eurosport, Max
Spain: Eurosport, Max
Sweden: Eurosport, Max
Switzerland: Eurosport
Türkiye: Eurosport, Max (launching on 15 April)
United Kingdom: discovery+, TNT Sports
Fans living in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam can also savour selected live coverage of all EWC events on Eurosport.
Following each of the four EWC rounds, a 45-minute highlights programme will be broadcast on Eurosport in Europe. It will then be available on-demand on Max around Europe and in Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom on discovery+, as well as on HBO Max in Belgium and Netherlands.
Live coverage of the 24 Heures Motos will also be available in Australia (FOX) and in territories across the globe on Motorsport.tv via a new agreement for 2025. Meanwhile, viewers in Japan can enjoy delayed coverage of the 24 Heures Motos with all other rounds shown as they happen on JSPORTS.
In addition, race highlights will be shown in:
Canada and United States of America: Racer Network
New Zealand: Three
Sub-Saharan Africa: Supersport
Ukraine: Xports
L’EQUIPE’S LONG-STANDING EWC COVERAGE REMAINS
La chaîne L’Équipe, a long-term EWC broadcast partner, will continue to cover the EWC live in 2025. Its live coverage of the 24 Heures Motos will run from 14h30-22h52, from 07h00-12h50 and from 13h15-15h05.
SUZUKA 8 HOURS ON BS12 FREE-TO-AIR IN JAPAN
For the third year running, BS12 will broadcast the Suzuka 8 Hours live on its free-to-air platform in Japan, which is available in 45 million homes across the country. Live coverage will begin at 11h00 local time on 3 August and run through until 21h00.
EWC HIGHLIGHTS AVAILABLE IN CANADA AND USA ON RACER
Highlights of the EWC will be shown in Canada and the USA on RACER Network following its recent acquisition MAVTV. Available on 350 million devices, RACER Network will become the most followed and diverse motorsports media platform in North America.
INVESTMENT IN LIVE OUTPUT BRINGS EXCITING NEW FEATURES
WBD Sports’ investment in its live coverage of the FIM Endurance World Championship will include several new features for 2025.
Starting with the 24 Heures Motos, internal team personnel radio messages from the Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC Official Team and Yoshimura SERT Motul squads will be broadcast live.
And in another notable and exciting EWC broadcast first, riders will be able to speak to each other live on air from their own pit garages via the EWC’s pit reporters.
Other developments for 2025 include the use of a super-slow-motion camera on the starting grid and during the last hour of each race, plus more on-screen EWC explainer graphics. Meanwhile, the new pit reporter line-up for this season will be unveiled during the 24 Heures Motos race week.
And to further demonstrate its commitment to its live broadcast output, WBD’s world broadcast feed from the 24 Heures Motos will be available from 14h30 on Saturday 19 April until approximately 15h30 on Sunday 20 April.
The 24 Heures Motos forms the opening round of the 2025 EWC season from 17-20 April. Ticket information is available HERE.
Original Source [ FIM EWC ]