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ORF and Servus battle sees Austrian national team rights value soar
Uefa has significantly increased the value of its national team rights in Austria from 2022-23, capitalising on fierce competition between ORF and Servus TV as the latter continues its sports-rights push.
DAZN, Saran Media Group among successful Coppa Italia rights bidders
Broadcast rights to Italian football’s Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana from 2021-22 to 2023-24 have been acquired by a string of agencies and broadcasters in different international markets.
ServusTV retains WorldSBK in motorcycling portfolio
ServusTV, the commercial free-to-air broadcaster in German-speaking countries, has bolstered its coverage of elite motorcycling by agreeing a two-season extension to its rights deal for the Superbike World…
Eurosport, L’Équipe and TV2 Denmark among Tour of the Alps broadcasters
Organisers of the Tour of the Alps, a Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) ProSeries race held in Italy and Austria, are expecting live, delayed and on-demand broadcast coverage in around 100 countries
ServusTV dislodges ORF with exclusive European Championships rights deal
ServusTV, the commercial free-to-air broadcaster in German-speaking countries, has made arguably its most high-profile rights acquisition to date in Austria in an exclusive deal for Uefa European Championship…
Austrian Ski Federation offers five-year contract in TV rights tender
One of the flagship properties in Austria is on the market once again as the Austrian Ski Federation (ÖSV) prepares to invite bids for its media rights.
NHL grows short-term rights value in DACH but strives for more
The National Hockey League boosted the value of its rights in Germany and Austria in its latest sales round. But it only agreed one-season deals with its primary pay-television broadcasters after bidders failed to meet its longer-term valuation.
CAA Eleven launches Uefa national teams rights tender in Austria
The CAA Eleven agency has launched its sales process in Austria for Uefa national team broadcast rights in its first tender of the year
Comcast: Sky subscriber numbers, revenue back to pre-Covid levels
Sky, the Comcast-owned European pay-television broadcaster, has reported a 3
ServusTV follows up rights push with recruitment of Paunovic to distribution role
ServusTV, the commercial free-to-air broadcaster in German-speaking countries, has recruited Slaven Paunovic, the experienced sports rights agency executive, as its head of channel and programme distribution
Sky Deutschland retains pay-TV ATP Cup rights
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has extended its rights deal for men’s tennis’ ATP Cup, securing live pay-television rights to this year’s tournament in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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ServusTV adds WRC rights in German-speaking countries
Commercial broadcaster ServusTV has acquired World Rally Championship rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for the next two years, further enhancing its motorsports portfolio
ServusTV adds more tennis rights with ATP Cup deal in Germany
Free-to-air commercial broadcaster ServusTV has acquired rights in Germany to tennis’ ATP Cup, a tournament that was aired last year by pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland.
Amazon Prime added to eSports1 distribution in Germany, Austria
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has reached an agreement for subscription streaming service Amazon Prime Video to carry its eSports1 channel in Germany and Austria
Puls 4 picks up NHL rights in Austria
Austrian commercial broadcaster Puls 4 has picked up National Hockey League rights for the next four seasons, adding to last year’s acquisition of rights to the Austrian domestic ice hockey league.
ORF secures Formula E renewal in Austria
Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has renewed its Formula E rights for a further three seasons, through to 2022-23
ORF to show Austria’s progress at Men’s World Handball Championship
Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has acquired rights to the 2021 IHF World Men’s Handball Championship which takes place in Egypt next month.
Austrian Football Federation launches OTT platform with StreamAMG
The Austrian Football Federation (ÖFB) has teamed up with sports streaming and technology company StreamAMG and digital sport specialists Result Sports to launch a new OTT platform it claims is the first o…