Germany

Football

Uefa, football’s European governing body, has invited bids for the media rights in Germany and Austria to the Uefa Champions League and Super Cup club football competitions.

Tennis

German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have had a joint bid for the rights to the 2014 Wimbledon tennis championships rejected by rights-holder the IMG agency, according to the Sponsors.de website.

Basketball

German commercial sports broadcaster Sport1 has signed a three-year extension to its rights deal with Euroleague Basketball, taking in the 2013-14 to 2015-16 seasons of the continental club competition.

Football

The German Football League (DFL) has agreed a multi-year rights deal with 21st Century Fox encompassing the US media company’s properties across North and South America, Europe and Asia.

Handball

MP & Silva brings handball Champions League rights sales to a close with new deals

Football

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired the exclusive media rights to all home games featuring German teams Vfl Wolfsburg and 1.FFC Turbine Potsdam in the 2013-14 Uefa Women’s Champions League club competition.

Football

The German Football League (DFL) has agreed a deal with YouTube that will lead to the launch of the Bundesliga’s first official channel on the video-sharing platform.

Volleyball

Pan-regional sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a rights deal with EHF Marketing, the commercial arm of the European Handball Federation, to continue broadcasting German club games from the EHF Champions League competition in Germany.

Cycling

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines live television audiences in key European markets for the centenary edition of cycling’s Tour de France T
Athletics

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in Europe for the last month’s World Athletics Championships in Moscow T
Football

Bundesliga kicks off early talks with broadcasters and agencies for global rights

Online sports broadcaster Laola1.tv, a subsidiary of the Sportsman media group, has launched a premium service along with a complete redesign of its platform.

American Football

German commercial sports broadcaster Sport1 has launched a live streaming service to accompany its new US sports pay-television channel.

Interview with Gisbert Wundram, managing director of Sportdigital, about the channel’s future strategy after losing out on the ESPN America rights to rival broadcaster Sport1.

German broadcaster Sport1 targets pay-TV growth

Football

As Brazil delivers increased audiences for the Fifa Confederations Cup in Europe’s big five markets, Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, runs the numbers T
Football

Pan-regional sports broadcaster Eurosport has enhanced its women’s football content by acquiring the international television rights to the German Women’s Bundesliga in a deal spanning the 2013-14 to 2015-16 seasons.

Tennis

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has launched a new television service in Germany to bolster its coverage of the US Open tennis championships.