Austria

Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has extended a rights deal with the OSV, the governing body of skiing in the country.

Internet company Amazon has further enhanced the sports content on offer to customers of its Prime subscription service in Austria and Germany through new agreements with sports broadcaster Sport1 and action sports and lifestyle channel Edgesport.

7Sports, the sports business division of German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Group, has acquired rights to the inaugural edition of the World Boxing Super Series annual elimination tournament.

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired Champions Hockey League rights in Poland while Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has also become a rights-holder for the European ice hockey competition.

DAZN, the OTT sports subscription service operated by digital media company Perform, has appointed Peter Parmenter to the new position of managing director of commercial partnerships.

Austrian commercial broadcaster Puls 4 has renewed a rights agreement for the Uefa Europa League club football competition.

Internet company Amazon is to start offering content from international sports broadcaster Eurosport to subscribers of its Prime subscription service in Austria and Germany.

Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has acquired rights to ice hockey’s pan-European club competition the Champions Hockey League.

OTT sports subscription service DAZN, Middle Eastern pay-television operator OSN and pay-television operator Fox Networks Group Latin America have acquired rights to the heavily-hyped crossover fight between undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and mixed martial arts superstar Conor McGregor.

European pay-television group Sky has reported a six per cent fall in operating profit due to the increased costs of rights to football’s English Premier League, while it has outlined plans to launch a “simple and affordable” OTT platform in Spain.

Uefa turned down a strong bid from incumbent free-to-air Champions League rights-holder ZDF for its next cycle in Germany, instead accepting an offer from pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland for exclusive rights.

German pay-television broadcaster Sky has renewed a rights deal for the Uefa Champions League club football competition and agreed a deal to sublicense coverage to DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform.

DAZN, the OTT service that is operated by digital sports media company Perform Group, has acquired exclusive rights for events operated by the FIH, hockey’s global governing body.

DAZN last month secured Major League Baseball rights, the only major US sports property missing from its portfolio in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Media and entertainment company Discovery Communications is faced with another carriage dispute after pan-European pay-television operator M7 Group said it will stop providing Discovery channels through its platforms by the end of the month if talks over a new deal do not come to a satisfactory conclusion.

The Austrian Bundesliga has moved to revamp its distribution system for broadcast revenues as the top division of domestic football prepares to launch a tender for its next domestic rights deal.