Sport1 extends partnership with ADAC GT Masters

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has agreed a two-year extension to its rights deal for the ADAC GT Masters motor-racing series.

Sport1 became the exclusive live television rights partner for the 2015 season of the ADAC GT Masters and has now signed a contract to take in the 2016 and 2017 campaigns.

Sport1 will continue to provide live free-to-air coverage of every race, along with offering live streaming for online and mobile devices through Sport1.de.

Commenting on the deal, ADAC sport president Hermann Tomczyk said: “We give our participants already at a very early stage a high degree of planning security for the next two years.”