Germany
Sky Deutschland steps in after ARD rejects Haye v Chisora fight
German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has acquired the rights for boxing’s heavyweight fight between David Haye and Dereck Chisora on July 14 in London.
Uefa seals Europa League deals in Germany and Azerbaijan
Uefa, European football’s governing body, has agreed deals in Germany and Azerbaijan for live free-to-air rights to the Europa League, for three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15.
German ice hockey league agrees domestic and international rights deals
The Sportsman Media Group agency has agreed a deal with the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the German ice hockey league, to distribute the worldwide media rights to the league, from the 2012-13 season onwards
La Liga moves up to third in Big Five TV rights league
La Liga overtakes Ligue 1 in rights fee income
Spain’s Big Two still in front despite European flop
Media rights income, club by club, in Europe's top 5 leagues for the 2011-12 season
Sky and Deutsche Telekom still in talks over Bundesliga IPTV rights
German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom is still talking to Sky Deutschland over carrying the pay-television broadcaster’s coverage of the Bundesliga, the top two divisions of football in t…
Sky Deutschland adds Sport1+ HD to offering
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has agreed a carriage deal with pay-television operator Sky Deutschland that will make the Sport1+ HD pay-television channel available to Sky subscribers
German volleyball clubs to help cover streaming costs
Deutschen Volleyball-Liga, the German volleyball league, has approved a proposal for its top division clubs to make financial contributions of €10,000 each per season towards the cost of showing games l…
Fans flock to social networks
Sports fans increasingly turn to social networks for content
UK and Italy deals widen highlights rights income gap
Varying fortunes for highlights across European leagues
A ‘strange meeting’ in Brussels over Murphy
'Strange' meeting in Brussels
Broadcast revenue drives turnover growth in European football
Broadcast revenue was the main driver of growth in turnover across the five biggest domestic football leagues in Europe in the 2010-11 season, according to the latest report on football finance by financial…
Deutsche Telekom expects Sky Bundesliga deal
Deutsche Telekom, the German telecommunications company, said that it expected to reach an agreement with pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland which would enable it to show matches from the Bundesliga,…
ProSiebenSat.1 ponders Europa League rights renewal
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 is interested in acquiring the free-to-air rights to the Uefa Europa League, according to the company’s sporting director Sven Froberg.
Uefa enjoys 30% increase in Europe despite recession
Champions League value up by 30% in top 5 European markets
Sportfive serves up BMW Open deal
The Sportfive agency acquired the rights in Germany to tennis’s BMW Open in a deal with event organiser the Charly Steeb agency covering the three-year period from 2013 to 2015.
Sky Deutschland enjoys improved revenues and hails Bundesliga deal
Brian Sullivan, chief executive of German pay-television operator Sky Deutschland, said today that Sky’s new four-year Bundesliga rights deal, along with renewals with Hollywood film studios and the f…
ARD and ZDF extend athletics deal
German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have renewed their rights deal with the organisers of the Istaf Berlin annual athletics meeting until 2015