Austria

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has commenced sending sports clips via mobile messaging service WhatsApp, while it has launched a high-definition version of its Sky Sport Austria channel.

Austrian commercial broadcaster Puls 4 has agreed a three-year extension to its rights deal with American football league the NFL.

Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has welcomed the decision of the country’s media regulator, Medienbehörde KommAustria, to reject a complaint from commercial broadcaster Puls 4 over its rights deal for the Uefa Champions League club football competition.

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland was forced into an increase to renew rights to a host of golf properties, consolidating its position as the dominant pay-television broadcaster in the country.

The Infront Sports & Media agency has secured fee increases in skiing deals with public-service broadcasters in both Austria and Norway.

Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz has played down talk of Servus TV, the German commercial broadcaster owned by the energy drinks brand, acquiring the Austrian rights to the Formula One motor racing championship.

Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has renewed and expanded a rights deal for various events run by the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has agreed a long-term extension of its rights deal in Germany and Austria with European Tour Productions, a joint venture of golf’s European Tour and the IMG agency.

Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has acquired rights to the Uefa Euro 2016 national team football tournament.

Uefa has agreed a raft of Champions League and Europa League rights deals, securing fee increases in each territory, TV Sports Markets understands.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) and Infront Sports & Media agency have predicted record levels of coverage for the 2015 Freestyle and Snowboard World Championships, which got underway today (Thursday) in Kreischberg, Austria.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has extended its rights deal to the World Rally Championship in Germany, Austria and Switzerland through the 2016 season of the motorsport event.

Austrian commercial broadcaster Puls 4 and online portal Sportnet.at have acquired rights to the Uefa Europa League club football competition.

The IMG agency has appointed Christian Saloman as managing director of its business operations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired platform-neutral rights to the European Volleyball Confederation’s 2015 women’s championship national team event.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the German national men's and women's handball teams' away qualifying matches for the 2016 and 2018 European Handball Federation (EHF) European Championships.