Germany

Handball
Media

The Handball Bundesliga (HBL), organising body of the top two divisions of the sport in Germany, has announced the launch of a new global OTT streaming platform to showcase its competitions to territories…
Football
Finance & Law

The German Football League (DFL), organising body of the top two divisions of the domestic game, is reported to have engaged financial services group Deutsche Bank to lead the potential sale of a stake…
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Sweden-based sports marketing consultancy Commercial Sports Media (CSM) has hired Holger Ensslin, a long-serving executive at Sky Deutschland, and Michael Gott, a media rights adviser, to head up its move…
Athletics
Media

Live coverage of the athletics events at Munich’s multi-sports European Championships netted an average audience of 4.15 million viewers last night on ARD, the German public broadcaster.
Football
Media

Global streaming service DAZN has renewed its exclusive rights to the English Football League's Championship, League One and League Two as well as the EFL Cup in German-speaking countries, Italy, Spain…
Multi-sport
Media

Gymnastics, sport climbing and triathlon events at Munich’s European Championships have all attracted audiences of over 2 million viewers on ARD, the German public-service broadcaster.
Football
Media

Eintracht Frankfurt’s 2-0 defeat to Real Madrid last night in the Uefa Super Cup attracted an average audience of close to 4 million viewers on RTL, the German free-to-air network.
Multiple Sports
Media

German sports broadcaster Sport1 and gambling company Magic Sports Media have teamed up with sports betting media group Better Collective to launch a sports betting section on Sport1.de
Football
Media

ESPN has secured a multiyear extension with the German Football Association (DFB) for the exclusive United States media rights to the DFB-Pokal club competition through 2026.
Football
Events

Bayern Munich commercial executive Andreas Jung has called on the German Football League (DFL) to stage the German Super Cup abroad in order to increase the league’s international presence and commercial a…
Football
Media

The German Football Association (DFB) will reportedly introduce Monday evening games to the women’s Bundesliga, the top tier of the domestic women’s club game, as part of the league’s next broadcast right…
Football
Media

England’s historic win over Germany last night in the final of the Uefa Women’s Euro delivered record audiences for both the BBC and ARD.
Football
Media

The Deutsche Fussball Bund has agreed a slate of new deals for the DFB-Pokal club competition ahead of the 2022-23 season, but U-turned on a potential deal with Russian pay-television broadcaster Match TV.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Sky, the Comcast-owned European pay-television broadcaster, saw its second-quarter revenues drop by 13.8 per cent year-on-year to $4.5bn (€4.4
Football
Events

Uefa Women’s Euro 2022 is continuing to pull in strong audience figures as both German and French broadcasters posted strong ratings for the two countries’ semi-final clash yesterday (Wednesday) evening.
Football
Events

German Bundesliga football club Eintracht Frankfurt will play friendlies against Japanese J.League clubs Urawa Reds and Gamba Osaka during a tour of Japan in November
Multi-sport

S Nation Media has burst on to the scene this year, hoovering up rights to multiple sports properties in Germany. Frank Dunne assesses the challenges and opportunities facing the new platform.
Football
Media

German commercial broadcaster RTL has purchased sublicensed rights to next month’s Uefa Super Cup final between Eintracht Frankfurt and Real Madrid.