Germany
Deutsche Telekom awards Bundesliga contract to Laola1.tv
Online sports broadcaster Laola1.tv has been appointed to produce coverage of all football matches on behalf of the Deutsche Telekom telecommunications company for the Club TV portals of numerous teams in the 1.Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga divisions.
ARD scores rights to Germany games at EuroBasket 2013
German public-service broadcaster ARD has acquired the rights to three of Germany’s group stage games at the forthcoming EuroBasket national team basketball competition in Slovenia, according to the Digital Fernsehen website.
ARD seeking Wimbledon rights deal
German public-service broadcaster ARD will bid for the live broadcast rights to the Wimbledon tennis championships from 2014 onwards, according to the Bild am Sonntag newspaper.
Sky turns down ARD approach for Lisicki’s Wimbledon final
German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has rejected a request from public-service broadcaster ARD to sublicense the live rights to Saturday’s women’s singles final of the Wimbledon tennis championships, according to the DWDL.de website.
ARD’s football spending comes under fire
MDR, the public-service broadcaster for the German states of Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, has criticised national public-service broadcaster ARD’s level of spending on football rights, according to the Digital Fernsehen website.
Kentaro scores global rights to Audi Cup
The Kentaro agency has acquired the global media rights to pre-season football competition the Audi Cup, which this year will feature host club Bayern Munich along with Manchester City, AC Milan and Sao Paulo.
EXCLUSIVE: Sport 1 snatches ESPN America rights
German commercial sports broadcaster Sport1, owned by Constantin Media, has acquired the rights to the content currently carried on the ESPN America channel for the territories of Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
RTL picks up rights to Audi Cup
German commercial broadcaster RTL has acquired rights for the Audi Cup pre-season club football tournament.
ProSiebenSat.1 makes channel free-to-air for Munich’s X Games event
German media company ProSiebenSat.1 will transmit its general entertainment pay-television channel, ProSieben Fun, on a free-to-air basis during Munich’s leg of extreme sports series the X Games from June 27-30.
Watching Brief (Vol.57) Special Focus: Football – Uefa club competitions
Sportdigital secures licence for US-focused sports channel
German sports broadcaster Sportdigital has been granted a 10-year licence for its proposed US sports-dedicated television channel by the German Commission for Licensing and Supervision (ZAK).
Sportdigital working on launch of US-dedicated sports channel
German sports broadcaster Sportdigital is considering launching a US sports-dedicated television channel.
Sport1 adds to football content with MP & Silva agreement
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to Italian, French, Brazilian and American club football competitions in a deal with the MP & Silva agency.
Telekom to switch Liga Total subscribers to new service for free
German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom has confirmed that customers who signed up for its Entertain IPTV ‘Liga Total’ package after January 4 will have their subscriptions switched to a new Sky Fussball Bundesliga package for free next month.
Transforming the second screen ‘threat’
The Global Sports Media Consumption Report 2013 shows that second-screen activity is growing, but is it a threat or an opportunity for the sports broadcasting industry?
Sky growing but looking to pay less for most sport
Sky Deutschland is getting stronger but the big Bundesliga deal means it needs to pay less for other sport
Bundesliga changes tack to ‘follow the money’
Bundesliga says it will “follow the money” in its international TV rights sales
Lebara connects with Dortmund for first football sponsorship
Lebara has marked its first major entrance into the football sponsorship market by signing a deal with Borussia Dortmund.