Germany

German sports broadcaster Sportdigital has acquired rights to Portuguese Primeira Liga top-flight football in a three-year deal, from 2013-14 to 2015-16.

Berlin Marathon organiser SCC Events has awarded the event’s national media rights to SportA, the sports rights agency of German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF, in a four-year deal commencing from this year’s event on September 29.

The dispute between German newspaper publisher Axel Springer and pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland concerning the online highlights clips rights to Bundesliga football has been settled with Sky agreeing to post only clips of four minutes or more in length.

German newspaper publisher Axel Springer has threatened to take legal action unless the German Football League (DFL) can resolve a dispute surrounding the online highlights clips rights to the Bundesliga, according to the Reuters news agency.

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has reported strong growth in the second quarter of 2013, citing its sports coverage as a major contributor.

German Football League (DFL) chief executive Christian Seifert is targeting a significant rise in the value of the Bundesliga’s global broadcast rights.

The German Football League (DFL) will seek talks with its stakeholders concerning the online highlights clips to the Bundesliga after pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland said it would offer online access to goals from the league.

German commercial sports broadcaster Sport1, owned by Constantin Media, has announced that it will launch a new US sports pay-television channel in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on August 1.

German sports broadcaster Sportdigital has enhanced its football portfolio by adding rights for English and Argentinian competitions ahead of the coming season, according to the Digitalfernsehen news website.

The Kentaro agency has secured broadcast coverage in more than 200 countries for the Audi Cup pre-season football tournament.

Turkish pay-television operator Digiturk has terminated its carriage agreements for its football channel Lig TV with German cable and IPTV providers Kabel Deutschland, Unitymedia Kabel BW, Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone.

German regional public-service broadcaster WDR has called for greater transparency in national public-service broadcaster ARD’s acquisition of sports rights, according to the EPD news agency.

German free-to-air television channel Sat.1 Gold is seeking to enhance its tennis rights portfolio following the success of Sabine Lisicki at the Wimbledon championships.

Lisicki timing is good for IMG in German Wimbledon TV rights talks