Austria

Baseball

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

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.
Football

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.

The Puls 4 division of German media group ProSiebenSat.1 Media is set to undertake a major restructuring of ATV after concluding its takeover deal for the Austrian commercial broadcaster.
Baseball

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has agreed a sublicensing deal with DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, for rights to North America’s Major League Baseball.
Baseball

DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has acquired live rights for Major League Baseball games in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
Football

Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has said it will submit an offer for rights to the Uefa Champions League across the next window for the club football competition, amid concerns over the impact of cost-cutting measures at the company.
Multi-sport

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the 2017 World Games multi-sport event in a deal the International World Games Association hopes will provide a template for other European markets.

Servus TV, the commercial broadcaster owned by the Red Bull Media House division of Red Bull, has acquired rights for the Superbike World Championship.
Multi-sport

The PULS 4 division of German media group ProSiebenSat.1 Media has agreed a takeover deal for Austrian commercial broadcaster ATV.
Air Racing

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has renewed a rights deal for the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in its home country, along with Austria and Switzerland.
Tennis

DAZN, the OTT sports subscription service operated by digital media specialist Perform, has acquired rights for the Davis Cup and Fed Cup men’s and women’s tennis tournaments.
Handball

German bank Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB) took the unusual step of acquiring International Handball Federation World Championship media rights this month.
Handball

German pay-television broadcaster Sky triggered a clause to renew EHF Champions League rights late last year, extending its deal until 2019-20.
Football

The German Football League (DFL) has agreed rights deals in Austria and Switzerland, along with three other German-speaking markets, with pay-television broadcaster Sky, international sports broadcaster Eurosport and DAZN, the OTT sports subscription service operated by digital media specialist Perform.
Motorsport

The World Rally Championship last week earned a small increase from sports broadcaster Sport1 for its rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has agreed a two-year extension to its rights deal for the World Rally Championship motorsport series.

Pay-television channel Motorvision TV has extended a rights deal with the Nascar North American stock car-racing series.