Germany
Perform’s ePlayer to show Sky Deutschland sports content
Sky Deutschland has agreed a deal with Perform that will allow the digital sports company’s ePlayer video-on-demand service to show selected content from the pay-television broadcaster’s sports channels in …
Fox plans to do for baseball what BSkyB did for English football
Former BSkyB boss Dovey behind Fox plans to revolutionise baseball coverage in Japan
Infront one step closer to monopoly
Finnish deal takes Infront closer to global control of skiing rights but agency denies that it paid a strategic fee for the rights
New promoter to revamp WRC media product
Sportsman and Red Bull think they have what it takes to make a success of rally championship
FA joins other top football properties on the subs’ bench
Broadcasters find they can live without the FA Cup in hard times
Sport1 snaps up World Rally Championship rights
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights in the country for the World Rally Championship motor-racing series.
The agreement will run for the duration of the 2013 campaign
ARD and ZDF on the mark for IAAF World Championships
German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have acquired rights for the 2013 athletics World Championships, which will be held in Moscow, Russia
Sportdigital snaps up South American football rights
German sports broadcaster Sportdigital has acquired rights for the Copa Libertadores, South American club football’s leading competition, as well as the Copa do Brasil club knockout tournament in Brazil a…
Telekom seals carriage deal for Sky’s Bundesliga coverage
German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom has agreed a carriage deal to show pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland’s coverage of the Bundesliga, the top two divisions of football in the c…
N-tv to show WRC highlights
German cable and satellite-television news channel N-tv has acquired rights to show highlights of the World Rally Championship motor-racing series, according to the Sponsors news website
Sky Deutschland retains golf rights
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has retained rights in Germany and Austria for events organised by the US PGA Tour.
The deal will run for three years, from 2013 until the end of 2015
German federation to distribute top tennis rights
The Deutsche Tennis Bund, the governing body of tennis in Germany, has taken control of marketing the German media rights for the Davis Cup, Fed Cup and Hopman Cup national team tennis tournaments
Fifa/Uefa look to policy shift as ECJ opinion bodes ill
Fifa and Uefa will lobby for policy shift as ECJ defeat looms
Discovery diversifies and targets men
Discovery explains how Eurosport deal fits its strategy
Sky to broadcast and promote German beach volleyball
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has signed a five-year deal, beginning in 2013, for the broadcast and marketing rights to the beach volleyball competitions of the German volleyball federation,…
Plazamedia to produce ZDF’s winter sports World Cup coverage
German public-service broadcaster ZDF has hired production company Plazamedia to produce its coverage of winter sports World Cup events.
The deal covers five World Cups during the 2012-13 season
Sport1 acquires NBA rights in Germany
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has signed a two-year deal for the exclusive media rights to US basketball league the National Basketball Association for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons
Poor audiences prompt German basketball broadcast changes
German basic-tier channel Kabel Eins has postponed its next live broadcast of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the country’s domestic basketball league, until 2013 due to poor ratings.