German Football League (DFL)

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Germany

The German Football League (DFL) will halt talks with private equity firms after less than two thirds of Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga clubs voted in favour of continuing discussions
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Germany

The Deutsche Fußball Liga's equity sales process is down to just three prospective investors as the league's stringent conditions surrounding governance, personnel and exit strategy is causing funds to think twice about a deal.
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Germany

Sky Deutschland has announced an initiative with gaming platform Kickbase that will see the pay-TV broadcaster offer live German Bundesliga coverage aimed at fantasy football players
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Germany

KKR & Co., the US private equity firm, has pulled out of the process to become a strategic partner with the German Football League (DFL) in a new media rights subsidiary, according to reports
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Japan

German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich has announced a pre-season tour of Japan as the league looks to continue its brand-building efforts in the market in partnership with local media rights-holder Sky…
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Sub-Saharan Africa

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has extended its French-language rights in sub-Saharan Africa to the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 for a further four seasons
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Germany

The German Football League (DFL) has said member clubs from its top two divisions, Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2, will next month decide whether to proceed with talks with a selected group of three entities…
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Germany

The total revenue of German professional football has increased for the first time since the outbreak of Covid-19, with the second-tier Bundesliga 2 setting a new benchmark for the 2021-22 season, but…
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Germany

US-based investment firm Sixth Street Partners is reportedly among the firms preparing a bid for a share of the Bundesliga broadcast and commercial rights business as the German Football League (DFL),…
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Germany

The German Football League (DFL), organising body of the top two divisions of the domestic game, has delayed talks over the potential sale of a stake in its media rights business to next year amid a lack…
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Germany

Hendrik Weber has returned to the German Football League (DFL), organising body of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, to head up a restructured sports technology and innovation department
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Middle East and North Africa (Mena)

The Bundesliga’s two-season blackout across the Middle East and North Africa has come to an end after the league finalised a three-season deal with beIN Sports, albeit at a major reduction in value.
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Germany

German Football League (DFL) chief executive Donata Hopfen has called on the organisation to be “more ambitious” with its commercial targets and extract more value from its international media rights.
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Vietnam

German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund (BVB) is to send a team of former players on a three-day tour of Vietnam as part of a promotional trip organised by the league’s media rights-holder in the country, N…
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Germany

The German Football League (DFL), organising body of the top two divisions of the domestic game, is reported to have engaged financial services group Deutsche Bank to lead the potential sale of a stake…
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Germany

Bayern Munich commercial executive Andreas Jung has called on the German Football League (DFL) to stage the German Super Cup abroad in order to increase the league’s international presence and commercial a…
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Germany

The German Football League (DFL) is once again looking to sell a stake in its future broadcast rights and is preparing a tender designed to attract investment from private equity companies