Germany
Sport1 picks up non-exclusive Coupe de France rights
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has secured rights to French football’s Coupe de France in a deal running until the end of the 2021-22 tournament.
Sport1 offers free-to-air exposure for Women’s Champions League quarter-finals
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the Uefa Women’s Champions League quarter-final ties featuring German sides.
Sport1 retains World Rallycross in wide-ranging IMG motorsports deal
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired a suite of motor racing rights from the IMG agency in a deal headlined by the FIA World Rallycross Championship
ZDF boxing return short-lived as Universum deal floored
A return to boxing coverage by ZDF has proved to be short-lived after the German public-service broadcaster withdrew from a co-operation with Universum, the German boxing promoter
Karajica exits ProSiebenSat.1 as 7Sports repositions itself
Željko Karajica, a leading figure in the German sports media-rights industry, is to leave ProSiebenSat.1, the commercial broadcasting group, amid a restructure of its sports unit 7Sports.
Sky Deutschland pulls out of WWE over PPV issue, signs AEW deal
German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has announced that it will not be renewing its World Wrestling Entertainment rights and has signed a deal with All Elite Wrestling
DAZN picks up Wilder-Fury rights in multiple markets
Subscription streaming service DAZN has acquired rights in five countries to this weekend’s heavyweight boxing rematch between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury.
Sport1 seals Nascar deal with IMG, sublicenses to Motorvision TV
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the US stock car racing series Nascar for the next three years
Uefa raises lower-tier club rights income more than 40% in German RTL deal
Uefa has increased the value of its lower-tier club competition media rights in Germany by over 40 per cent through commercial broadcaster RTL’s acquisition of exclusive, multi-platform rights to the Europa League and newly created Europa Conference League.
Superliga Argentina returns to Sportdigital Fussball
Sportdigital Fussball, the subscription broadcaster in German-speaking countries, has acquired rights to the remainder of this season’s Superliga Argentina, the top tier of Argentinian football.
DFL invites broadcasters to register for domestic Bundesliga rights tender
Companies interested in the domestic broadcast rights to Germany’s Bundesliga and 2.
Sport1 extends commitment to Fifa’s esports events
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has agreed a one-year extension to its deal with Fifa for rights to esports events organised by world football’s governing body.
ProSieben scores Super Bowl LIV record share, TF1 audience falls
German media group ProSiebenSat.1 posted a record market share in the key 14-to-49 year-old audience demographic last night with its live coverage of the NFL Super Bowl
Sky’s head of UK operations van Rooyen adds Germany and Italy to role
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has extended the remit of Stephen van Rooyen, its head of UK operations, to encompass its German and Italian operations
DFL unveils proposed Bundesliga domestic rights packages as tender nears
Holger Blask, director of audio-visual rights at the Deutsche Fußball Liga has laid out the proposed packages for the upcoming 2021-22 to 2024-25 domestic media rights invitation to tender for Germany's …
Broadcasters seek better esports scheduling and world feed given rising rights fees
Leading European broadcasters of esports competitions have called for improved guarantees over scheduling and the world feed to be provided by organisers and promoters in order to justify rising rights…
Eurosport to broadcast from German House, eyes improved Olympics highlights audience
Eurosport Germany is to broadcast daily live coverage from the German House at the 2020 Olympic Games after reaching an agreement with Deutsche Sport Marketing, the commercial of the German Olympic Sports…
Seifert: AI-powered archive footage among possibilities in long-term Amazon deal
The recently-agreed tie-up between Germany’s Bundesliga and Amazon Web Services, the retail giant’s cloud computing subsidiary, could lead to archive highlights created specifically for different rights-holding bro…