Austria

Tennis
Media

ServusTV will continue to sublicense media rights for tennis's Australian Open and French Open in Austria from WBD for the next two years.
Football
Media

The Austrian Bundesliga (ÖFBL) has appointed Munich-based consultancy SN1 Consulting to an advisory role ahead of its next domestic and international rights sales process.
Football
Media

Pay-television operator Canal Plus has struck a late rights deal with ORF, Austria's public-service broadcaster, ahead of its debut coverage of the Uefa club competitions in the country
Football
Media

Austria’s performances at Euro 2024 have broken audience records in the country for ServusTV, seemingly vindicating the commercial broadcaster’s decision to invest heavily in the exclusive rights back in 2021.
Skiing
Finance & Law

The Austrian Ski Federation claims to be facing seven-figure damages as it readies legal action over the process by which media rights centralisation was voted through by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) council.
Football
Media

French football's LFP Media has announced its first direct deal with a broadcaster for its next international rights cycle, a three-year agreement with DAZN across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Football
Media

DAZN has renewed its Serie A rights in Germany and Austria while also acquiring rights in Switzerland for the next three years, in a deal agreed by the assembly of governing body Lega Serie A in December
Motorcycling

The MotoGP motorcycling championship secured strong FTA deals in Austria and in Germany with ServusTV to ensure a slight increase on its previous media rights revenues in the DACH region.  
Darts

Luke Littler’s run to the 2024 PDC World Championship final has created a lasting boost for UK darts audiences, putting Matchroom in a strong position ahead of renewal talks.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Turkish media group Acunmedya has bought a 50-per-cent stake in German sports broadcaster Sport1 for €30m ($32.5m) following an agreement struck with owner Highlight Communications.
Football
Media

Premier League broadcast rights have been retained in German-speaking countries by Sky Deutschland until the end of the 2027-28 season
Football
Media

Austrian free-to-air commercial network ServusTV is thought to be close to securing rights to the Uefa Europa League and Europa Conference League from ProSiebenSat.1-owned commercial broadcaster Puls 4
Tennis

Amazon will show Wimbledon on Prime Video for the first time in any market after it stepped in to acquire rights in Germany and Austria when Sky exercised a break clause in its contract.
Motorsport
Media

Formula E has solved its biggest broadcast problem ahead of the new season, striking a free-to-air rights deal in Germany after the previous agreement was terminated with potentially legal implications
Tennis
Media

Online retail giant Amazon has secured Wimbledon rights for the first time in any market, after acquiring exclusive rights to the tournament in Germany and Austria from 2024 to 2027
Motorcycling

Sky Deutschland opted to secure exclusive pay-television rights in the DACH region for MotoGP in order to complement its motorsport portfolio after the withdrawal of ServusTV from the linear broadcast space in Germany.
Football

Public-service broadcaster ORF secured exclusive rights in Austria to the 2026 Fifa World Cup after agreeing to pay a slight uplift in its media rights fee.
Motorsport
Media

Live Formula 1 action will remain on public-service television in Austria after ORF agreed terms on a new three-year rights agreement with commercial broadcaster ServusTV