Germany
Hamburg toasts renewal of historic Holsten deal
Holsten has agreed a three-year extension to its long-running partnership with 1.Bundesliga football club Hamburg SV.
Eyes on newspaper sports video clip ‘experiments’
Premier League and Bundesliga clips rights deals with newspapers could be a game-changer
MP & Silva to distribute German handball action
The MP & Silva agency has acquired distribution rights for the Handball-Bundesliga, the sport’s top division in Germany.
Prosiebensat.1 strikes Uefa U-21s deal
German commercial broadcaster Prosiebensat.1 has acquired rights for the 2013 Uefa U-21 national team football tournament.
The broadcaster’s main channel, Sat.1
Wige to produce Final Four handball coverage
Wige Broadcast, a subsidiary of production company Wige Media, has been appointed by EHF Marketing, the marketing arm of the European Handball Federation, as the host broadcaster of the governing body’s 2…
Springer acquires rights for ice hockey finals
German newspaper publisher Axel Springer has acquired live rights for online coverage of the finals of the 2013 German Ice Hockey Cup competition
ZDF chief wants to retain Champions League coverage
ZDF director general Thomas Bellut has said that the German public-service broadcaster wants to retain live rights to the Uefa Champions League, the top club football competition in Europe, beyond the…
German tennis federation in long-term ProSiebenSat.1 partnership
The Deutschen Tennis Bund, the governing body of tennis in Germany, has sealed a media rights deal with commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1.
The agreement will run for 10 years, from 2013 to 2022
Watching Brief (Vol.52) Special Focus: Skiing – Alpine World Ski Championships
Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews television audiences for the recent Alpine World Ski Championships in key European markets
EBU and Infront face off once again for winter sport
EBU and Infront battle for biathlon rights for next four years
ARD/ZDF may yet join EBU qualifiers deal
ARD/ZDF could yet join EBU qualifiers deal
BT lifted by ESPN deal, but the battle with Sky has only just begun
BT has got a good deal with the ESPN buy-out but still faces an uphill struggle in battle with Sky
Rai pays less for Giro rights but RCS still ahead
Rai pays less for Giro rights and more for production, but the real money will be made abroad
RTL expands motorsport rights portfolio
German commercial broadcaster RTL has acquired rights for the 2013 GT and Blancpain Endurance motor-racing series
Fees up but still no sale in Germany and Austria
Latest Premier League deals
Watching Brief (Vol.50) Special Focus: Handball – Men’s World Championships
Ben Speight, head of SportBusiness Intelligence, analyses how last month’s handball World Championship proved a big draw in Spain, Germany and Denmark
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Germany key to EBU ambitions
EBU chances of keeping hold of biathlon depend on ARD/ZDF as RTL eyes rights in Germany
EBU will raise its game, but it might not be enough
Bigger EBU Qualifiers bid may not be enough to win over CAA