Germany

German pay-television broadcaster Sportdigital has agreed a deal with Digiturk for carriage on the Turkish pay-television operator’s IPTV platform in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF, along with the German Handball Association (DHB), have said they will step up their efforts to ensure future major handball tournaments are broadcast on free-to-air television in the country.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has confirmed the acquisition of rights to the Uefa Europa League for the next three seasons of the European club football competition.

Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2014 in France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

The German Olympic Committee (DOSB) has agreed a three-year extension with public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF for the organisation’s ‘TV 32’ contract.

German public-service broadcaster ARD has called for the Handball World Championships to be added to the list of protected sports events reserved for free-to-air coverage in Germany.

The men’s and women’s finals of the German Volleyball Federation’s DVV Cup club competition will be broadcast live on free-to-air television for the first time after the organisation agreed rights deals with regional public-service broadcaster NDR and sports broadcaster Sport1.

The German Football Association (DFB) intends to extend and expand its partnership with the Infront Sports & Media agency for the DFB Cup club competition.

German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have acquired rights for extracts of coverage from the ongoing 2015 men’s Handball World Championships in Qatar.

The Pitch International agency secured a late rights deal in the critical German market for the 2015 men’s Handball World Championship at the end of December – the last major market where a deal was outstanding.

Uefa has agreed a raft of Champions League and Europa League rights deals, securing fee increases in each territory, TV Sports Markets understands.

German public-service broadcaster ARD will return to broadcasting the Tour de France cycle race in 2015 after agreeing a two-year deal earlier this month for substantially less than the old rights fee in Germany.

Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews television audiences across the big five markets for the recently concluded Formula One World Championship

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has extended its rights deal to the World Rally Championship in Germany, Austria and Switzerland through the 2016 season of the motorsport event.

The TNA (Total Nonstop Action) Impact Wrestling series will be broadcast by German free-to-air television channel DMAX, according to the DWDL.de website.

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has agreed a two-year deal for the exclusive rights to football’s German Bundesliga, according to L'Équipe.