DFL (German Football League)
Star India on target with Bundesliga rights
Pay-television broadcaster Star India has confirmed the acquisition of rights for the Bundesliga, the top division of football in Germany.
Sportsman gambles on Bundesliga to keep up with rivals
The Sportsman Media Group’s desire to remain on an equal footing with its rivals helped the German Bundesliga to a massive increase in the value of its betting rights in a deal agreed late last month.
‘Recalibrated’ Fox sees more profit in selling Bundesliga
Fox International Channels’ decision to sublicense German Bundesliga rights in Japan to the MP & Silva agency surprised industry observers this week. Something seemed to be the wrong way round – agencies buy to sell to broadcasters, not vice versa.
Sportsman retains Bundesliga betting rights
The Sportsman Media Group agency has retained live transmission rights to Germany’s Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga, the top two divisions of domestic club football, for exploitation to betting service providers.
Betting rights are the final piece in Bundesliga jigsaw
The German Bundesliga is to agree a deal for its global betting and streaming rights in the coming weeks, with an auction due to be held before the end of the month.
DFL media production arm names Heyden as new CEO
DFL Digital Sports, the media production subsidiary of the German Football League (DFL), has appointed Andreas Heyden as its new chief executive.
Latest crop of deals help Bundesliga to more than double global rights fees
The German Bundesliga is set to more than double its international rights value from 2015-16 onwards following a host of deals agreed in recent weeks.
Tebas outlines Liga channel plan
The Spanish football league outlined plans to launch its own channel in 2016 at a panel discussion chaired by TV Sports Markets this month at Sportel in Monaco.
Bundesliga’s strong sales continue in Africa and beyond
Germany’s Bundesliga is thought to be finalising a number of rights deals involving substantial increases on current deal values.
DFL opens bidding for overseas Bundesliga rights
DFL Sports Enterprises, the commercial arm of the German Football League (DFL), has launched an invitation to tender for overseas rights to the country’s top-tier Bundesliga and second division Bundesliga 2 club football competitions for two seasons.
Bundesliga on course to smash fee target after big beIN Sports deal
Qatari pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports is in advanced negotiations to secure the rights to the German Bundesliga in the Middle East and North Africa, TV Sports Markets understands.
Sport is ‘slow to exploit smart TV’
Data from the Know the Fan – The Global Sports Media Consumption Report 2014 suggests that an opportunity for sports and media companies to engage fans and drive revenues by using internet-connected TV sets is being missed.
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.
Carlos Martinez, president, Fox Latin America
Interview with Carlos Martinez, president of Fox Latin America, on the broadcaster’s deal for the Formula E motor racing series
Renewed Fox interest helps Bundesliga in UK
Sky misses Bundesliga but picks up Eredivisie
Buoyant Bundesliga talks to market
Bundesliga kicks off early talks with broadcasters and agencies for global rights
Bundesliga changes tack to ‘follow the money’
Bundesliga says it will “follow the money” in its international TV rights sales