Sportdigital reaches out to Turkish customers with Digiturk deal

German pay-television broadcaster Sportdigital has agreed a deal with Digiturk for carriage on the Turkish pay-television operator’s IPTV platform in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Sportdigital will be included in Digiturk’s ‘family’ and ‘sport’ packages. The deal makes Sportdigital the first, and only, German sports channel to be broadcast on the IPTV-platform of Digiturk in Germany.

Sportdigital holds rights for the 2014-15 football season to Australia’s A-League, Japan’s J. League, the English Championship and Capital One Cup, Dutch Eredivisie, Portugal’s Primeira Liga, Belgium’s Pro League, Scottish Premiership and Championship, Russian Premier League, the Copa do Brasil and South American competition the Copa Libertadores.