Austria

The German Football Association (DFB) has sealed rights deals for its domestic cup competition, the DFB-Pokal, with public-service broadcaster ARD, pay-television broadcaster Sky, sports broadcaster Sport1 and media company Axel Springer.

Germany’s Angelique Kerber has become the latest tennis player to strike a deal to stream her matches live via social media platform Facebook.

Digital media specialists Perform this month agreed to pay an increase of about 30 per cent to retain Spanish LaLiga media rights across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports-media company Perform, has bolstered its ice hockey content in Germany and Austria by acquiring rights to Russian competition the Kontinental Hockey League.

DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports-media company Perform, has extended a rights deal for LaLiga Spanish football coverage in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

Austrian commercial broadcaster Servus TV has scrapped a deal to show live coverage of the top-tier German Bundesliga football competition on its free-to-air channel due to a dispute over the choice of matches to be shown.

International sports broadcaster Eurosport and Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF have acquired rights to the inaugural edition of the European Snow Volleyball Championships.

DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has acquired rights in a host of markets to boxing’s upcoming world heavyweight unification clash between Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker.

Servus TV, the Austrian commercial broadcaster owned by the Red Bull Media House division of Red Bull, has struck a sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland for rights to the Bundesliga, the top division of German club football.

Media company Liberty Global is exploring the sale of the Swiss and Austrian divisions of its telecommunications brand UPC, according to The Telegraph.

Selling global rights exclusively to pay-television broadcaster Sky has netted the Austrian Bundesliga the biggest media-rights deal in the country’s history.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the upcoming edition of the women’s World Handball Championship, which will be hosted by Germany.

The Austrian Bundesliga, the top division of football in the country, has maintained its tender process for its latest domestic rights deal was completely valid amid reports public-service broadcaster ORF is considering legal action over the agreement.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky has reached a deal to acquire exclusive rights for the Austrian Bundesliga, the top division of football in the country.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has agreed an exclusive three-year rights deal with the Team Sauerland boxing agency.

German media and technology company Sporttotal has said it will launch its self-titled online streaming platform in Austria as part of a wider goal of creating Europe’s leading sports video service by 2020.