Last lap for Bundesliga international sales

The DFL is close to signing deals in the Americas and the Indian sub-continent, with Taiwan, China and the UK still outstanding.

Sportsman has agreed a deal with in Greece with telecoms company OTE, following on from key deals signed in January in Turkey, with public-service broadcaster TRT, and Hong Kong, with incumbent I-Cable. Sportsman is currently in negotiations with broadcasters in Malta, Indonesia and Thailand.

The league says that it will hit its target of €35 million a year from international rights sales, double the amount it receives in its present deals.