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The Infront Sports & Media agency has secured fee increases in skiing deals with public-service broadcasters in both Austria and Norway.

Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz has played down talk of Servus TV, the German commercial broadcaster owned by the energy drinks brand, acquiring the Austrian rights to the Formula One motor racing championship.

Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has renewed and expanded a rights deal for various events run by the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has acquired rights to the Uefa Euro 2016 national team football tournament.

Austrian commercial broadcaster Puls 4 has complained to the Medienbehörde KommAustria, the country’s media regulator, about public-service broadcaster ORF’s deal to acquire rights for the Uefa Champions League European club football tournament.

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews television audiences for the recent Alpine World Ski Championships in key European markets

Formula One Management to take over host-broadcasting from 2007 season.