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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.

The European Handball Federation saw the value of its Champions League rights in Germany rebound in a new deal with Sky Deutschland, following a drop in the previous cycle.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has agreed a three-year deal for the exclusive live rights in Germany and Austria to the European Handball Federation’s Champions League club competition.

Cable-television operator UPC Austria has launched an on-demand service for sports content broadcast on the Sport 1 Plus and Sport 1 US channels.

The CAA Eleven agency has launched an invitation to tender for the media rights in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Cyprus to European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournaments.

Sport1’s deal last week for the rights to the National Hockey League means the sports broadcaster now has exclusive rights to each of the four top North American sports leagues.

Sport1 US, the US-focused sports pay-television channel that is operated by German commercial broadcaster Sport1, has acquired rights for the North American NHL ice hockey league.

ARD/ZDF interest drives value of Wimbledon rights in Sky deal in Germany

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has expanded the reach of its Sky Go video-on-demand service in a move that will grant its customers in Germany and Austria access to all its live sport.

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has agreed a five-year extension to its rights deal for the Wimbledon tennis championships.

The European Broadcasting Union, the consortium of public-service broadcasters, has extended a rights deal with the Austrian Ski Federation for the International Skiing Federation’s World Cup events that are held in the country.

Golf’s Masters holds its media-rights value in Germany