Germany
NFL agrees broadcast deals with BBC and Sport1
American football’s National Football League has signed broadcast deals in Europe, a new deal with UK public-service broadcaster the BBC and a renewal with German sports broadcaster Sport1.
Fox hunt for top sport continues
How Eredivisie deal fits into Fox expansion strategy
Channel 4 enjoys viewing surge for Paralympics opening ceremony
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 attracted an average of 7.6 million viewers and a 40-per-cent audience share for its coverage of the London 2012 Paralympic Games opening ceremony last night
Sportdigital acquires rights to top-tier French and Italian league football
German sports broadcaster Sportdigital has agreed rights deals for the top-tier domestic football leagues in France and Italy, Ligue 1 and Serie A, with the MP & Silva agency
Ten Sports tops up with Brazilian domestic football leagues
Asian pay-television broadcaster Ten Sports has agreed a three-year deal, from 2012 to 2014 for rights to the Brazilian Serie A, the top-tier Brazilian football league, and the Campeonato Paulista, the…
ARD and ZDF renew national athletics rights agreement
German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have renewed their rights deal with the Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband, the German athletics association, until 2016
Sport1 holds on to German basketball league
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has renewed its rights deal for the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), Germany’s domestic basketball league, for a further two seasons, from 2012-13 to 2013-14.
Sportdigital acquires Scottish Premier League rights
German sports broadcaster Sportdigital has acquired live rights to the Scottish Premier League, Scottish football’s top-tier domestic league, for the 2012-13 season.
Plazamedia to produce Champions League coverage on ZDF
Production company Plazamedia has been commissioned by ZDF to produce the German public-service broadcaster’s coverage of the 2012-13 Uefa Champions League campaign.
New ProSiebenSat.1 pay-TV channel to show big pre-season clash
German media company ProSiebenSat.1 has acquired live rights for the pre-season football match between Manchester United and Barcelona on August 8.
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BBC deal takes IOC through the $1bn barrier
This week’s BBC deal for the rights to four editions of the Olympic Games has taken the International Olympic Committee to $1.0
Rightster deal hits Perform, not Sportsman
MP & Silva drops Perform to handle its own digital rights but the Sportsman Media Group could be the real winner
Laola1.tv extends DFB contract
Online sports broadcaster Laola1.tv has extended and expanded its deal to operate the official video portal of the German football federation, the Deutscher Fussball-Bund
Euro 2012 final audiences fail to hit the heights of semis in Spain and Italy
Spain’s emphatic 4-0 victory over Italy in the final of Uefa Euro 2012 on Sunday broke one television audience record in Spain but failed to deliver the spectacular viewing figures of the midweek semi-final m…
Fees up 20% but questions remain
Despite a healthy increase in TV rights fees, Uefa still faces questions on Europa League
Euro 2012 semi-final attracts record audience in Spain
Live coverage of the final stages of Spain’s victory over Portugal in the semi-finals of Uefa Euro 2012 on Wednesday attracted the largest audience in the history of Spanish television.
Europa League sliding in Germany as fans drop away
Sat.1 gets discount and demotes Europa League to smaller channel Kabel Eins
Sportsman’s offer makes it easy for German league
Sportsman and Red Bull link up to check Sky Deutschland