Austria

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

The National Basketball Association has finalised a string of deals outside its domestic US market in recent weeks, securing large increases in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and India, and a modest uplift in Poland.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has extended its media rights deal with US sports broadcaster ESPN through to the end of the 2017-18 season.

Online sports broadcaster Laola1.tv, a subsidiary of Sportsman Media Group, has broadened its reach in Austria through a new partnership with telecommunications firm Telekom Austria.

North American basketball league the NBA has agreed a multi-year expansion to its rights partnership with digital sports media company Perform in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The Perform Group will next year launch two OTT subscription services – one in Japan and one across Germany, Austria and Switzerland – as part of a move which could transform how live sport is delivered to consumers.

Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has not decided yet whether to bid to renew rights in the country for the Formula One motor-racing world championship.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has assumed full control of Sky Deutschland, which operates in Germany and Austria, after completing the acquisition of its remaining shares today (Tuesday).