Switzerland

Football

The German Football League (DFL) has agreed rights deals in Austria and Switzerland, along with three other German-speaking markets, with pay-television broadcaster Sky, international sports broadcaster Eurosport and DAZN, the OTT sports subscription service operated by digital media specialist Perform.
Motorsport

The World Rally Championship last week earned a small increase from sports broadcaster Sport1 for its rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Multi-sport

Athlete representation, event management and sports marketing group TLA Worldwide has made a move into the sports-rights business by backing newly-formed agency Talisman Sports and Media.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has agreed a two-year extension to its rights deal for the World Rally Championship motorsport series.

Pay-television channel Motorvision TV has extended a rights deal with the Nascar North American stock car-racing series.
Tennis

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has acquired exclusive rights for the new Women’s Tennis Association Ladies Open Biel/Bienne tournament.
Boxing

Media company CSI Sports, the owner of Fight Sports, has struck a distribution deal for the pay-television channel with DAZN, the recently-launched OTT service operated by digital-media company Perform.

Football

The Swiss Football League, the operating body of the top two divisions of Swiss football, has sealed a revenue distribution agreement with its 20 member clubs that will take effect from the first season of its new broadcast rights contract.

Tennis

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG is in advanced discussions to renew its deal for Wimbledon tennis media rights, TV Sports Markets understands.

Ice Hockey

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has extended a rights deal for the annual Spengler Cup ice hockey competition for five years, from 2017 to 2021.

Multi-sport

Red Bull Media House has reversed its decision to stop operating commercial broadcaster Servus TV in Germany and Switzerland.

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG has renewed a host of winter sports rights in recent weeks for a combined investment of about CHF62m (€57m/$64m).

The Swiss Football League last week announced the sale of all media and marketing rights worth a total of CHF40m (€37m/$41m) per season.

Ice Hockey

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has extended a rights deal for North American ice hockey league the NHL.

Football

The Swiss Football League, the operating body of the top two divisions of Swiss football, has agreed domestic and international broadcast rights deals, as well as a marketing rights agreement, in contracts the organisation said are worth almost 70 per cent more than the value of the current partnerships.

Ice Hockey

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has acquired the exclusive media rights in Switzerland to a number of major international events across the three winter sport disciplines of ice hockey, bobsleigh/skeleton and curling.

Skiing

The European Broadcasting Union has retained rights to Swiss-Ski events after a dispute that also involved the Infront Sports & Media agency was resolved, according to the umbrella body for public-service broadcasters.

Skiing

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG has acquired rights to a number of International Ski Federation (FIS) events and extended its partnership with national governing body Swiss-Ski.