Sportdeutschland.tv, the online sports channel of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), has acquired rights to the forthcoming 2016 European Men’s Handball Championship.
The deal has been struck with the national team tournament’s rights-holder in Germany, SportA – the rights agency of public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF.
Under the agreement, Sportdeutschland.tv will broadcast all games from the competition live, with the exception of those featuring the German national team, which will be carried by ARD and ZDF. All games, including those featuring Germany, will be accessible on a video on demand basis after they have finished.
The 2016 edition of the European Handball Federation’s showpiece national team tournament takes place in the Polish cities of Gdansk, Katowice, Wroclaw and Krakow from January 15-31.
Sportdeutschland.tv will also show Germany’s two warm-up games against Iceland on January 9-10.