Germany
Video Solutions adds fresh sports content to WedoTV
Swiss media company Video Solutions has agreed a raft of sports rights deals for its recently rebranded streaming service, WedoTV
DAZN deals with SportA for Women’s Euro rights in Germany
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.
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Viewing figures remain robust for Champions League final delayed by ‘chaotic’ scenes
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.
Inaugural Europa Conference League final dominates Italian and Dutch ratings
Wednesday evening’s inaugural Uefa Europa Conference League showpiece registered stellar audiences in the countries of competing finalists Roma and Feyenoord.
DAZN retains Uefa national team rights in major territories, details UWCL final audience
DAZN has retained broadcast rights in Japan and German-speaking countries to Uefa national team matches, including selected friendly matches
Veritone to provide AI video search technology at Nürburgring 24 Hours
Veritone, the US-based artificial intelligence technology company, has signed up motor racing’s ADAC TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Nürburgring as its latest client.
Sportdeutschland.TV retains 2. Basketball Bundesliga rights to 2025
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.
Sky Deutschland to launch Premier League channel
The German arm of pay-television broadcaster Sky is launching a channel dedicated to the Premier League, the top tier of English club football
EXCLUSIVE: Handball Bundesliga keen to balance exclusivity in new domestic rights deals
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.
German free-to-air audience tops 8m for RB Leipzig’s maiden triumph
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.
RTL nets strong free-to-air audience for Eintracht Frankfurt’s Europa League win
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.
ProSiebenSat.1 pays decent increase to extend DTM deal in Germany
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.
Deutsche Telekom seals early extension to DEL rights deal
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…
Germany’s American football league finds new home in Sportdeutschland.TV
Online streaming service Sportdeutschland
Deutsche Telekom hitches DFB sponsorship renewal to media deals
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 Bundesliga set for weekly free-to-air match after S Nation Media accord
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…
Seifert’s S Nation Media ousts Telekom as Basketball Bundesliga rights-holder
S Nation Media, the new streaming platform being launched by Christian Seifert, former chief executive of the German Football League (DFL), and publishing house Axel Springer, has secured domestic and…
NHL almost doubles value in Germany and Austria with Sky
The National Hockey League doubled the value of its rights across Germany and Austria this season on the back of strong competition, with Sky Deutschland and ProSiebenSat.1 sharing the property during 2021-22.