Germany
Rights deals agreed in Germany for MotoGP and WRC
German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have agreed a deal with Dorna Sports, the commercial rights-holder for the MotoGP motorcycling series, for highlights rights to the competition and its feeder…
Pay-TV market finally delivers big increase for German league
Sky v Telekom battle helps German league to 50 per cent rise; Saturday internet highlights proposal not a game-changer
Uefa wants control and security
Uefa positions itself nicely to cherry-pick top markets
Uefa looking for value from games worth ‘peanuts’
Uefa looking for huge increase in value for third-party qualifier rights to hit ambitious target
ARD renews rights for German touring car series DTM
German public-service broadcaster ARD has renewed its rights deal for the Deutsche Tourenwagon Masters, the German touring car series, for two years, from 2013 to 2014
Bundesliga on course for €800m-per-year domestic rights, says Rummenigge
German football’s Bundesliga could generate €800 million ($1.05
Big EBU deal puts Fifa on course
EBU pays healthy increase for World Cup despite recession
Uefa suffers 7% drop across top 5 European markets
Euros value drops by nearly 7% across top 5 European markets
N-tv acquires Formula One rights package in Germany
German commercial broadcaster RTL has sublicensed live rights to Formula One’s Friday practice sessions to news channel n-tv.
Bundesliga domestic rights fees leap as Sky shuts out Telekom
The Deutsche Fussball Liga, the German football league, has secured a 52
Eredivisie Live buys German national team and cup rights
Eredivisie Live, the pay-television channel operated by the Dutch football league, has acquired rights for the German domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the German national team’s home matches, in a two-year d…
Perform strikes deal to put Livesport on LG television sets
Digital media company Perform has agreed a deal for its Livesport.tv live sports streaming service to be available on electronics company LG’s Cinema 3D Smart internet-connected television sets.
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UBS backs Sky to retain Bundesliga as second-round bids fall due
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland is likely to retain the domestic pay-television rights for Bundesliga 1 and 2, Germany’s top two football divisions, according to financial services company U…
ESPN agrees European carriage deals with Liberty platforms
Pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN has agreed carriage deals for its channels in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands with cable-television operators owned by international telecommunications…
Bundesliga domestic rights expected to be awarded next week
The board of the Deutsche Fussball Liga, the German football league, will meet on April 17 to discuss the bids for the next cycle of domestic rights for the Bundesliga 1 and 2, the top two divisions of…
Sport1 picks up rights to VLN Endurance Championship
German sports broadcaster Sport1 acquired highlights rights for motor racing’s VLN Endurance Championship, held at the Nürburgring race track in Germany.
KF 15 out of Bundesliga race as league channel plan founders
KF 15, the media company established by late German media mogul Leo Kirch, has pulled out of the tender for the domestic rights for the football Bundesliga because of a lack of interest in the league channel…
Deutsche Telekom confirms bid for Bundesliga rights
The Deutsche Telekom telecommunications company has submitted a bid for the live pay-television rights for Bundesliga 1 and 2, the top two divisions of club football in Germany, in the new cycle covering…