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UK and Germany confirm trend of low World Cup fee increases
The World Cup rights deals signed by Fifa in the UK and Germany just before the current tournament kicked off confirmed the difficulties the governing body has had in securing decent fee increases in both markets and in Europe generally.
ARD takes up option on DTM rights
German public-service broadcaster ARD has agreed to take up its one-year extension option for rights to the DTM German touring cars series.
ARD and ZDF retain World Cup rights
German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have acquired rights for the 2022 Fifa World Cup national football team tournament, which is scheduled to take place in Qatar.
ARD won’t pursue Wimbledon rights after Sky extension
ARD will no longer attempt to sublicense rights to the Wimbledon tennis championships after pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland extended its contract for the event, according to the German public-service broadcaster’s sports coordinator Axel Balkausky.
Fina happy with long term deal and modest increase
The world swimming federation earned a small fee increase in its renewal last week with Japanese commercial broadcaster TV Asahi.
Peter Hall, head of marketing and TV, Fina
Interview with Peter Hall, Fina’s head of marketing TV, on the federation’s new deal with commercial broadcaster TV Asahi in Japan.
Sport1 picks up Fiba World Cup
German sports broadcaster Sport1 last month picked up rights to the Fiba World Cup, which takes place in August, in a cash and airtime deal.
German federation gets small increase in international income
The German Ski Association, the Deutscher Skiverband (DSV), secured a small increase in the value of its media rights outside Germany in a renewal with the Infront Sports & Media agency this week.
ARD/ZDF eyeing up Formula One
New F1 bidders emerge in Germany
Free-to-air interest drives Wimbledon value in Germany
ARD/ZDF interest drives value of Wimbledon rights in Sky deal in Germany
ARD opts against renewing Sauerland boxing deal
German public-service broadcaster ARD has decided not to renew a rights deal with the Sauerland boxing agency, according to the Digital Fernsehen news website.
Fifa moves to deny World Cup rights reports
World football’s governing body Fifa has denied reports that German public-service broadcaster ZDF’s coverage of the 2014 World Cup will be available to viewers in the Middle East and Northern Africa.
Bayern Munich offers to share wealth from ARD cup broadcasts
German Bundesliga football club Bayern Munich has said it would be willing to share revenues gained from public-service broadcaster ARD’s broadcasts of its games in the domestic DFB-Pokal cup competition with smaller German teams.
Doubts intensify over ARD’s boxing deal
German public-service broadcaster ARD is coming under pressure to opt against renewing a rights deal with the Sauerland boxing agency.
Watching Brief (Vol.74) Special Focus: Winter Olympics
Sport1 strengthens rights portfolio with 2014 Euros deal
Sport1 says it wants to be the home of handball in Germany
Sport1 agrees Olympic ice hockey rights deal
German commercial sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights for the men’s and women’s ice hockey tournaments during the 2014 winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.
ARD and ZDF to share 2014 World Cup rights
German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF will broadcast the Fifa World Cup in its entirety for the first time since 1998 after receiving no sub-licensing proposals for next year’s tournament from rival broadcasters.