Austria

Olympic Games

US media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has signed its latest sublicensing deal for Olympic Games rights in Europe through an agreement with Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF.

Motorsport

The price of Formula One media rights has fallen and stayed flat in recent deals for Austria and Russia respectively, reflecting the lack of competition for the property in both markets.

Energy drinks brand Red Bull has performed a u-turn by scrapping plans to close down its commercial broadcaster, Servus TV.

Multi-sport

Servus TV, the commercial broadcaster owned by the Red Bull Media House division of Red Bull, will cease operations, the energy drinks giant said today (Tuesday).

Ice Hockey

Austria’s Eishockey Liga, the top division of ice hockey in the country, has agreed rights deals with pay-television broadcaster Sky Österreich and Servus TV, the German commercial broadcaster owned by energy drinks brand Red Bull.

Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has agreed a three-season extension to its rights deal for the Formula One motor racing championship.

Football

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired platform-neutral rights for the International Champions Cup pre-season club football tournament.

Football

Germany’s football federation is set to earn about 35 per cent more from domestic media rights to its knockout cup competition, with deals to be announced in the coming weeks.

Motorsport

Servus TV’s acquisition of rights to motorcycling series MotoGP last month has come at a high cost as the commercial broadcaster will share coverage in Austria with Eurosport.

Football

Austrian commercial broadcaster ATV has acquired a package of rights to games from the Uefa Euro 2016 national team football tournament under a sublicensing deal with public-service broadcaster ORF.

Servus TV, the commercial broadcaster owned by energy drinks brand Red Bull, will encrypt its channel for viewers in Austria on the Astra pay-television service from the start of March.

Golf

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has retained exclusive rights in Germany and Austria for golf’s Masters tournament.

Servus TV, the German commercial broadcaster owned by energy drinks brand Red Bull, has acquired rights in Austria for the MotoGP motorcycling championship.

Basketball

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has extended a rights deal for golf’s US PGA Tour in Germany, Austria and Switzerland while sister channel Sky Sport Austria has struck a deal to show coverage of the Austrian Basketball Bundesliga top division.

Action Sports

German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has agreed a multi-year distribution deal for the IMG agency’s action sports and lifestyle channel Edgesport.

Winter Sports

French basic-tier sports broadcaster Ma Chaîne Sport has struck a rights deal for coverage of International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup events that are held in Austria.

Football

Digital sports media company Perform has acquired exclusive rights for the English Premier League in Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein, while Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has been awarded rights for the top division of football in England.

Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has said it is in talks over extending its rights deal for the Formula One motor racing championship, but has maintained that a new contract must represent good value.