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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…
Former EHF Marketing head Vargo to lead Austrian Swimming Federation
Peter Vargo, previously the managing director of EHF Marketing, the commercial arm of the European Handball Federation, has been named secretary general of the Austrian Swimming Federation (ÖSV).
FMA adds to AFC’s German coverage in Sportdigital deal
Subscription broadcaster Sportdigital Fussball has struck a rights deal in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for selected national team and club competitions organised by the Asian Football Confederation…
LaLiga broadcast rights on the market in heavyweight European countries
Mediapro, the international sales agency of the Spanish LaLiga, is to issue an invitation to tender in the coming week covering broadcast rights in seven European countries from 2021-22 to 2025-26, SportBusiness…
Sport1 lands AFC rights in DACH region in first European deal of new cycle
The Asian Football Confederation has sealed the first rights deal in Europe in its new rights cycle, agreeing a two-year contract across Germany, Austria and Switzerland with sports broadcaster Sport1
Formula One rights fee rebounds in Austria in Servus deal
Formula One’s media rights value in Austria has rebounded in the latest deal – with commercial broadcaster ServusTV for the 2021-23 cycle – following sharp declines in the previous two rights cycles.
ORF plans Tokyo 2020 remote production amid cost cuts
Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF will turn to remote production where possible for its coverage from next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo as it continues its cost cutting plan in the wake of the C…
Eurosport gets rights to bett1ACES and THIEMs7 tennis tournaments
Eurosport has agreed media-rights deals for two European tennis tournaments, bett1ACES in Berlin on July 13-19, and THIEMs7, which got underway in Kitzbühel yesterday and runs until July 11.