Switzerland

Swiss telco Sunrise, a subsidiary of Liberty Global, has announced the creation of a new MySports OTT offering powered by the Green Streams streaming platform

Sky will become the new home of the ATP and WTA tours across its active markets of the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy from 2024 onwards, SportBusiness understands

Commercial broadcaster ServusTV secured renewals at flat fees for free-to-air rights in Austria to the Australian Open and French Open, after striking sublicensing deals with media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery.

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has acquired free-to-air rights to the Uefa Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League through a direct deal with European football’s governing body and a sublicensing agreement with pay-television broadcaster Blue.

Uefa has significantly grown the value of its club competition rights in Switzerland through new agreements with pay-television broadcaster Blue and public-service broadcaster SRG SSR.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the United States’ newest professional American football league, the XFL, in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for the next two years. 

Commercial broadcaster ServusTV has extended its World Rally Championship rights for two more seasons. The broadcaster has announced a new agreement that includes Germany and Austria

Alberto Horta has joined the IMG agency as its senior vice-president and managing director for the DACH markets of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, following a lengthy tenure at media group Warner Bros

Lega Serie A has approved the award of Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana broadcast rights in Portugal and Switzerland

Germany-based OTT operator Dyn Media has acquired rights to the Basketball Champions League under a long-term agreement

Pay-television operator Blue has extended its rights in Switzerland to Uefa club competitions for another three seasons, from 2024-25 to 2026-27.

Viaplay Group, the international subscription streaming broadcaster, will not launch in German-speaking markets as planned next year amid wider cost-cutting initiatives

The NFL is understood to have more than doubled its media rights income in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, capitalising on intense competition amid the league's snowballing popularity across the region.

The Asian Football Confederation has announced an expanded agreement with subscription broadcaster Sportdigital Fussball for the 2023 Asian Cup in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Broadcasters in Germany, Austria and Switzerland must submit their first-round offers for 2024-27 Uefa Champions League broadcast rights by November 14 after Team Marketing kicked off the sales process

The Infront agency has bolstered its cycling portfolio by acquiring global media rights to Switzerland’s Tour de Romandie until 2029.

DAZN aims to be profitable within 12 to 18 months in German-speaking countries, according to Alice Mascia, the subscription broadcaster’s new chief executive in the DACH region.

Sports streaming platform DAZN has renewed its NFL rights in Canada from the forthcoming season onwards as well as in Germany, Austria and Switzerland from 2023