Switzerland

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has extended a rights deal for the Formula One motor-racing championship for three years, from 2014 to 2016.

Philipp Grothe, the chief executive and co-founder of Kentaro, has rubbished claims that the Swiss division of the agency, Kentaro AG, has gone into liquidation. He said that the division had, on the contrary, just completed a €27m ($36m) recapitalisation.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has extended a rights deal for the ATP World Tour, the professional men’s tennis tour, for three years, from 2014 to 2016.

Video-sharing website Dailymotion has struck a deal with American football league the NFL to stream live coverage of games to viewers in France, Belgium and Switzerland for the remainder of the 2013-14 season.

German sports broadcaster Sportdigital is now available in Switzerland after Swiss cable-television operator UPC Cablecom agreed to add the pay-television channel to its broadcast offering.

The Swiss Competition Commission (Comco) has rejected a request from a group of cable television operators for provisional measures against telecommunications company Swisscom, which is accused of having established a monopoly by strengthening its position in the sports-rights market.

In its haste to exit the UK, ESPN may have missed an opportunity with its ESPN America channel

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRF has apologised after fake crowd noise was added to coverage of the FC Zurich v Grasshoppers domestic football match on May 12.

Swiss cable-television operators have filed a complaint to the Swiss Competition Commission to request access to the sports rights held by Swisscom.

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG/SRF has agreed a three-year extension with Dorna Sports for MotoGP rights, from 2014 to 2016.

 

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG has extended a rights deal for the Tour de Suisse cycling road race in a two-year deal, from 2013 to 2014

The Swiss Competition Commission has launched an investigation into possible anti-trust violations by telecommunications company Swisscom and media group Cinetrade

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has extended a rights deal for the annual Athletissima Lausanne track and field athletics event in Switzerland for four years, from 2013 to 2016, according to the…

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Cable-television broadcaster Kabel Eins has retained live rights for the ADAC GT Masters motor-racing series in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The deal will run for two years, from 2013 to 2014