Germany

DFL Sports Enterprises, the commercial arm of the German Football League (DFL), has launched an invitation to tender for overseas rights to the country’s top-tier Bundesliga and second division Bundesliga 2 club football competitions for two seasons.

Betradar, a division of sports and betting-related services company Sportradar, has launched its Live Channel service for retail betting shops by striking a deal with German bookmaker Tipico.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has secured the exclusive live rights in Germany for the Formula E Championship, the new electric motor-racing series operated by the FIA, motorsport’s global governing body.

Sportdeutschland.TV, the German Olympic Committee’s (DOSB) online sports television channel, has acquired rights for the 2014 Badminton World Federation World Championships.

Newspaper publisher Axel Springer has expanded the reach of its online highlights clips package for football’s German Bundesliga by agreeing a partnership with video-sharing website YouTube.

German pay-television broadcaster Sportdigital picked up the rights to four football leagues in recent weeks as it bolstered its international football programming.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 picked up the rights to the inaugural season of the Champions Hockey League ice hockey tournament for a small rights fee.

The German Olympic Committee (DOSB) is to expand its online sports television channel and rebrand it from Splink.TV to Sportdeutschland.TV.

German pay-television broadcaster Sportdigital has strengthened its football rights portfolio by securing coverage deals for the Australian A-League and Japanese J.League top-tier domestic tournaments.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has retained rights for the Regionalliga, the fourth tier of domestic football in the country.

Servus TV, the German commercial broadcaster owned by energy drinks brand Red Bull, has acquired live rights for the Spanish Supercopa football contest.

German pay-television broadcaster Sportdigital has agreed a four-year extension to its rights deal for the Eredivisie, the top division of Dutch football.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights for the Champions Hockey League, the new European ice hockey tournament.

Newspaper publisher Axel Springer has sealed carriage deals with the Mobilcom-debitel and Klarmobil telecommunications companies for online highlights clips of the Bundesliga, the top football division in Germany.

London-based investment firm Odey Asset Management has rejected UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB’s offer to buy out its eight per cent stake in German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland, saying it undervalues the business.

German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have expressed an interested in returning to airing the Tour de France cycling race.