Switzerland

DAZN, the OTT sports subscription service operated by digital media company Perform, has appointed Peter Parmenter to the new position of managing director of commercial partnerships.

Uefa last month recorded huge fee increases for its Champions League and Europa League media rights in Finland and Switzerland. 

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland is to launch an OTT sports service in Switzerland, according to the Broadband TV News website.

Swiss telecommunications company UPC will press ahead with plans to launch new sports broadcast platform MySports on September 8 after the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) decided against precautionary measures concerning the broadcasting of ice hockey on the new channel.

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has extended a rights deal for club competitions operated by Uefa, football’s European governing body.

Swiss telecommunications company UPC has reached an agreement to broadcast all German Bundesliga football matches shown by pay-television operator Sky Deutschland from the 2017-18 season.

Swiss telecommunications group Swisscom has extended and expanded its long-term carriage agreement with the Discovery Networks Deutschland division of international media and entertainment company Discovery Communications.

Swiss pay-television broadcaster Teleclub has acquired rights for the Uefa Champions League and Europa League European club football competitions.

The International Orienteering Federation has said its 2017 World Orienteering Championships will receive live coverage in host nation Estonia, as well as the sport’s key markets of Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Switzerland, as the event continues to increase its broadcast reach.

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG has agreed a five-season extension to its rights deal with the Swiss Basketball national governing body.

Swiss pay-television broadcaster Teleclub has extended and expanded its long-term partnership with media company Discovery Networks Deutschland by securing exclusive rights in Switzerland and Liechtenstein to sports broadcaster Eurosport’s package of rights for the Bundesliga, the top division of German football.

DAZN, the OTT service that is operated by digital sports media company Perform Group, has acquired exclusive rights for events operated by the FIH, hockey’s global governing body.

The Swiss Competition Commission (Weko) has opened an investigation into the pay-television market for ice hockey in the country, stating there have been “indications” of antitrust violations by telecommunications company UPC.

InfrontRingier, the Infront Sports & Media agency’s joint venture with Swiss media company Ringier, has hired an executive with Swiss Super League football club FC Basel as its new managing director.

The Highlight Event and Entertainment company has approved an ordinary capital increase and the extension and increase of its authorised share capital amid reports that chairman Bernhard Burgener will seek to use this to drive a takeover bid for German media company Constantin Medien.

DAZN last month secured Major League Baseball rights, the only major US sports property missing from its portfolio in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.