Germany
Cheap World Cup rights satisfy RTL
RTL’s acquisition of a package of 2010 World Cup matches from pay-operator Premiere is a win-win deal for both parties.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, ice-hockey, motorsport and more.
Basketball: German commercial broadcaster DSF acquired the live, delayed and highlights rights for the 2009 and 2011 FIBA European Championship and the 2010 FIBA World Championship from the Fédération Internationale de Basketball.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Uefa club football, wrestling, cycling and golf
Football: German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 acquired the free-to-air rights for the Uefa Champions League.
ProSiebenSat.1 springs surprise on divided ARD/ZDF
German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF lost out on the rights to the Uefa Champions League and the Uefa Cup.
Kirch ‘synergies’ a stumbling block to Bundesliga deal
Leo Kirch is facing an impossible dilemma.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: NHL, gymnastics, basketball, boxing, golf and more
Ice hockey: Canadian cable sports broadcaster TSN extended its television rights deal with the National Hockey League for a further six years, through to 2013-14, in a contract worth at least C$200m (£101m/€127m).
Premiere owner bids to take on all Bundesliga rights
Audacious attempt to protect investment in Premiere and bolster near-monopoly on live Bundesliga rights
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, racing and more
Football: Gioco Calcio, the fledgling pay-per-view football service launched this season by six small clubs from Italy’s Serie A, is likely to lose one or two of its clubs to pay-operator Sky Italia, a…
Brussels tells EBU: Your new rules aren’t good enough
Proposed changes would lead to non-members being able to acquire substantial Olympics coverage from EBU members on fair and reasonable terms
Infront sues Kirch over Bundesliga
Infront alleges that agency formed by Kirchmedia creditors to handle the Bundesliga rights was insolvent at the time it was sold
German screens blacked out for Spanish Liga
MediaPro pulls plug on DSF halfway through first match
Premiere wins World Cup link to Bundesliga deal
Pay TV operator paid more than it wanted to for Bundesliga - €148m - but also reached understanding with rightsholder Infront over World Cup
Why commission policy on TV-rights selling is ‘flawed’
Competition lawyers were not surprised that the commission has taken a different approach to the two leagues, even though European competition commissioner Mario Monti has said that he wanted the commission’s d…
EC’s tough line on UK goes soft for Bundesliga
Bundesliga allowed two extra years to change way it sell rights, EPL forced to make changes from next season
Has EBU done enough?
EBU facing crucial decision from European Commission on exemption from competition law
F1’s TV season is saved by last five races for title
Formula One television viewing rose in four out of the five top European television markets this year, according to a survey by TV Sports Markets. Germany was the exception.
Record viewing for women’s cup
German and Swedish viewing for women's football World Cup final
ISPR’s football rights are a good fit for Sportfive
Infront did not like ISPR's rights guarantees and did not make use of its option to buy