Switzerland

Digital sports content and media group Perform has today (Wednesday) launched its new OTT sports subscription service, DAZN, in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to this year’s edition of ice hockey’s World Cup of Hockey national team event.

Energy drinks brand Red Bull has said it will withdraw its commercial broadcaster Servus TV from Germany and Switzerland in order to focus on its home market of Austria.

Telco UPC this week told TV Sports Markets its deal for media rights to the top Swiss ice hockey league would bring “a breath of fresh air to the market”.

Swiss telecommunications company UPC has unveiled plans for a new sports broadcast platform which it says will “breathe new life” into the media market in Switzerland.

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG-SSR has acquired free-to-air rights for two editions of the Olympic Games in a sublicensing deal with international media company Discovery Communications.

The Swiss Ice Hockey Federation has awarded its media rights for the five seasons from 2017-18 to 2021-22, with telecommunications company UPC and public-service broadcaster SRG SSR clinching contracts.

Swisscom has retained its rights to domestic club football’s Super League competition but has lost its contract with the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation, according to the telecommunications company’s chief executive, Urs Schaeppi.

Digital sports media company Perform is to launch an OTT sports subscription service in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Switzerland's Competition Commission has fined telecommunications group Swisscom CHF71.8m (€64m/$72.5m) for abusing its dominant position in live sports broadcasting on pay television.

The European Broadcasting Union is in the process of finalising a long-form contract for international rights to Swiss skiing federation events, TV Sports Markets understands.

The Swiss Football League is set to open a tendering process for the media rights to the Super League and Challenge League, the top two divisions of the domestic game.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired platform-neutral rights for the International Champions Cup pre-season club football tournament.

Swiss sports television channel SSF has ceased broadcasting amid financial difficulties, according to reports.

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has agreed a three-year rights deal with Indoor Sports – the umbrella body that oversees national championships in basketball, handball, floorball and volleyball.

Germany’s football federation is set to earn about 35 per cent more from domestic media rights to its knockout cup competition, with deals to be announced in the coming weeks.