Germany

Football

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, chairman of Bundesliga football club Bayern Munich, has called for reform of the German television market amid concern over the “monopoly” position in the pay-television sector held by Sky Deutschland.

Athletics

Pan-regional sports broadcaster Eurosport took advantage of a lack of competition to secure live rights for the Diamond League athletics series in the key German and UK markets ahead of the 2015 season.

Athletics

Interview with Petr Stastny, general coordinator and chief financial officer of the Diamond League, about the recent broadcast deal with Eurosport for the athletics series in the UK and Germany.

Air Racing

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.

Boxing

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has said it has no interest in acquiring rights to the world championship fights of reigning heavyweight world champion, Wladimir Klitschko.

Rugby Union

Pan-European broadcaster Eurosport has acquired exclusive rights in Germany to the 2015 Rugby World Cup national team rugby union tournament.

Football

German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have acquired rights to the 2015 Uefa U21 Championship national team football tournament, according to the Quotenmeter.de website.

Athletics

Pan-European broadcaster Eurosport has secured a five-year deal for television and digital rights to the International Association of Athletics Federations’ Diamond League series in the UK and Germany.

Golf

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland was forced into an increase to renew rights to a host of golf properties, consolidating its position as the dominant pay-television broadcaster in the country.

Football

Spanish-language US broadcaster Univision Deportes has agreed a content partnership with German Bundesliga football club Bayern Munich.

Ice Hockey

Broadcast platforms from Italy, Canada, Japan, Russia and Germany have agreed deals to provide coverage of the International Paralympic Committee’s 2015 Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool.

Football

The German Football League (DFL) has said it will launch a new video-on-demand platform focusing on the history of the Bundesliga, with pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland signing on as its first partner.

Football

German Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich has announced a US content partnership with Microsoft’s web portal MSN.

American Football

German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom has broadened the reach of Telekom Basketball by making the online channel available on internet-connected television services.

Football

European football’s governing body Uefa has announced the invitation to tender process for media rights to two editions of its European Championship national team competition will be launched in Italy and Germany next week.

Boxing

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has acquired rights to the upcoming world welterweight boxing clash between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Basketball

The Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top division of the sport in Germany, has said it will continue to offer near-live clips of games via social media platforms Facebook and Twitter following a successful pilot initiative at the weekend.

Football

Sky Deutschland is in a “good” position to retain its rights to football’s Bundesliga, according to Jeremy Darroch, group chief executive of Sky and chairman of the German pay-television broadcaster’s supervisory board.