Switzerland

The B4 Capital agency has secured a deal for the global media rights to the Match for Africa 2 tennis exhibition event between Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka.

The IMG agency has appointed Christian Saloman as managing director of its business operations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired platform-neutral rights to the European Volleyball Confederation’s 2015 women’s championship national team event.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the German national men's and women's handball teams' away qualifying matches for the 2016 and 2018 European Handball Federation (EHF) European Championships.

German pay-television broadcaster Sportdigital will launch a high-definition channel on November 4.

Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in key European markets for last month’s European Athletics Championships

The Swiss football federation last week renewed its deal with long-term broadcast partner, public-service broadcaster SRG SSR.

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has agreed a four-year extension to its rights deal with the Swiss Football Association (SFV) for national team games and domestic club competition the Swiss Cup.

Media rights to the Champions Hockey League ice hockey club competition were sold last month in Switzerland, with a rights fee and production costs included.

The CAA Eleven agency has launched an invitation to tender for the media rights in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Cyprus to European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournaments.

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG and pay-television broadcaster Teleclub have acquired rights for the Champions Hockey League European club ice hockey competition.

Sport1’s deal last week for the rights to the National Hockey League means the sports broadcaster now has exclusive rights to each of the four top North American sports leagues.

Sport1 US, the US-focused sports pay-television channel that is operated by German commercial broadcaster Sport1, has acquired rights for the North American NHL ice hockey league.

Sport1 acquires MLB baseball rights in Germany

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights for North America’s Major League Baseball.

Swiss pay-television broadcaster Teleclub has acquired rights for events on the ATP World Tour, the leading global men’s professional tennis circuit.