Uefa turns to Sky Deutschland for ‘Final 8’ crowd noise
Uefa has commissioned German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland to produce the crowd noise sound effects for this month’s Champions League and Europa League ‘Final 8’ tournaments.
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Saran picks up AFC rights in central Asian markets
The Asian Football Confederation has agreed a media-rights deal in five central Asian countries with the Saran Media agency
Telesport agrees Professional Fighters League deal in Russia
Russian agency Telesport has agreed a multi-year deal to broadcast the mixed martial arts promotion Professional Fighters League
Discovery Norway makes Johannessen sports director role permanent
The Norwegian branch of international media group Discovery has appointed Morten Johannessen as its new sports director following on from a stint serving as acting director of sport for the last year
Nent appoints Nørrelund to head sports rights and Viaplay expansion
Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has named Peter Nørrelund as its executive vice-president and head of expansion and sport, coming into effect as of August 1.
Tough conditions ahead for rights-holders in Switzerland as Swisscom, UPC rivalry ends
Swiss market experts are predicting tough sales conditions following the cross-carriage agreement between telcos UPC and Swisscom.
F1 agrees one-race deal with YouTube for Eifel Grand Prix
Formula One has agreed a deal with YouTube that will allow the Google-owned platform to live stream the Eifel Grand Prix in Germany for free in seven countries in Europe
German monopoly commission criticises cartel office for DFL tender approval
Germany’s federal monopoly commission has criticised the decision of the country’s federal cartel office, the Bundeskartellamt, to allow the German Football League (DFL) to sell exclusive live media-rights pac…
Ziggo, Fox agree carriage deal in time for Eredivisie season
Dutch telco Ziggo has renewed its carriage agreement with pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports following months of negotiations
DOSB extends domestic second-tier Germany handball deal
DOSB New Media, which operates the online streaming service, Sportdeutschland.TV, has extended its deal for rights in Germany to the country’s second-tier 2. Handball-Bundesliga until 2022-23.