Germany

Table Tennis
Media

DOSB New Media, the operator of online streaming service Sportdeutschland.TV, has secured rights to the Table Tennis European Champions League in a deal with Sportradar covering the German-speaking region
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Susanne Aigner, managing director of Discovery in Germany and the Benelux region, is stepping down from the company following its merger with WarnerMedia
Multiple Sports
Media

Swiss media company Video Solutions has agreed a raft of sports rights deals for its recently rebranded streaming service, WedoTV
Football
Media

Subscription broadcaster DAZN has expanded its women’s football coverage with a deal to show live coverage in Germany of all matches from this summer’s Uefa Women’s Euro tournament. D
Football
Events

Saturday evening’s Uefa Champions League final netted robust free-to-air viewing figures in Europe’s major markets despite the 36-minute delay caused by chaotic scenes outside the stadium.
Football
Media

Wednesday evening’s inaugural Uefa Europa Conference League showpiece registered stellar audiences in the countries of competing finalists Roma and Feyenoord.
Football
Media

DAZN has retained broadcast rights in Japan and German-speaking countries to Uefa national team matches, including selected friendly matches
Motorsport
Media

Veritone, the US-based artificial intelligence technology company, has signed up motor racing’s ADAC TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Nürburgring as its latest client.
Basketball
Media

DOSB New Media, the operator of online streaming service Sportdeutschland.TV, has extended its deal for broadcast rights in Germany to the country’s second-tier domestic basketball league until 2025.
Football
Media

The German arm of pay-television broadcaster Sky is launching a channel dedicated to the Premier League, the top tier of English club football
Handball
Fan Engagement

Germany’s Handball Bundesliga is looking to carve out the ability to stream matches itself to its fans in any new domestic broadcast rights agreement after launching its invitation to tender last week.
Football
Media

Saturday evening’s DFB-Pokal final between RB Leipzig and Freiburg was watched by an average of 8.1 million viewers on German public-service television.
Football
Media

Eintracht Frankfurt’s victory over Rangers in the Uefa Europa League final registered strong ratings in Germany as 8.99 million viewers tuned in to commercial broadcaster RTL.
Motorsport

German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has extended its deal with the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters motorsport series for another two years, paying an increased fee on the back of renewed interest from car manufacturers and drivers.
Ice Hockey
Media

The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) has extended its rights agreement with telecoms operator Deutsche Telekom, which will continue to show all games from Germany’s premier ice hockey competition on its M…
American Football
Media

Online streaming service Sportdeutschland
Football
Media

Deutsche Telekom has extended its sponsorship of the German Football Federation (DFB) until 2024, allowing it to leverage the IP rights with existing media rights deals for major international tournament…
Basketball
Media

Germany’s Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) will remain available on free-to-air channels following the acquisition of its rights by S Nation Media, the new streaming platform launched by Christian Seifert, f…