Switzerland

Ice Hockey
Switzerland

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has acquired rights to an additional six games from the top-tier Swiss ice hockey league from telco UPC, during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons
Football
Switzerland

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR will no longer offer live Uefa Champions League coverage from the 2021-22 season onwards after being usurped by media and publishing group CH Media as the free-to-air…
Football
Germany

Dentsu, the Japanese advertising agency heavily involved in sports marketing, has concluded a number of broadcast deals for the J.League ahead of the Japanese top flight’s resumption on July 4.
Football
Germany

The German Football League’s (DFL) short-term Bundesliga deals with Amazon and DAZN are strategic moves ahead of this month’s domestic rights tender, industry experts have told SportBusiness Media.
Multi-sport
Germany

DAZN Group, the global sports subscription service and media company, has launched direct carrier billing in Germany and Switzerland through agreements with telecoms operators Telefónica and Swisscom.
Football
Switzerland

A proposal to expand Switzerland’s Super League to 12 teams has been dismissed as the league prepares to resume this season’s campaign on June 19 following the suspension imposed as a result of the Cov…
Skiing
Switzerland

Swiss-Ski, the sport’s national governing body in Switzerland, has withdrawn its request to remove the iconic race in Wengen race from the provisional 2021-22 FIS World Cup calendar as it seeks a resolution t…
Skiing
Switzerland

The future of the flagship FIS Ski World Cup race in Wengen is under threat because of a long-running row between organisers and Swiss-Ski, the national governing body, over the distribution of media and…
Football
Germany

International streaming service DAZN has agreed an extension to its one-match Bundesliga broadcast rights deal with the German Football League (DFL) in Germany and Switzerland, covering the remainder of…
Multi-sport
Switzerland

Steffi Buchli is to leave MySports, the pay-television broadcaster owned by Swiss telecoms operator UPC, to become sports editor-in-chief at media company Blick Group
Tennis
Global

Pay-television broadcaster Tennis Channel is moving outside of its US homeland for the first time with the launch of an international subscription streaming service
Football
Switzerland

The Swiss Football League has announced that its invitation to tender for domestic broadcast rights from the 2021-22 season onward is “imminent” as clubs voted to maintain the current 10-team model in …
Wrestling
Germany

WWE will broadcast its pay-per-view events in Germany exclusively on its OTT platform, WWE Network, in the 2020-23 rights cycle.
Multi-sport
Switzerland

The Swiss Federal Council has announced a reduction in the licence fee paid by households from CHF365 (€347/$377) to CHF335 per year, a 8.2-per-cent fall.
Multi-sport
Switzerland

Swiss public broadcaster SRG SSR has temporarily laid off 600 employees due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
Wrestling
Germany

Wrestling entertainment series WWE has secured a new pay-television rights deal with international streaming service DAZN in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Football
Global

BeIN Media Group chairman and Paris Saint-Germain president, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, has been boosted in his legal battle with Swiss authorities with the news that the country’s Federal Criminal Court has a…
Multi-sport
Switzerland

Swiss pay-television broadcaster Teleclub has waived the fee for its sports packages as all of its live sports content is currently postponed due to the Covid-19 virus