Sky Deutschland

The German Football League (DFL) has said it will launch a new video-on-demand platform focusing on the history of the Bundesliga, with pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland signing on as its first partner.

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has acquired rights to the upcoming world welterweight boxing clash between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Sky Deutschland is in a “good” position to retain its rights to football’s Bundesliga, according to Jeremy Darroch, group chief executive of Sky and chairman of the German pay-television broadcaster’s supervisory board.

Carsten Schmidt, chief officer of sports, advertising sales and internet at Sky Deutschland, will replace Brian Sullivan as chief executive of the German pay-television broadcaster, it was announced today (Thursday).

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has agreed a long-term extension of its rights deal in Germany and Austria with European Tour Productions, a joint venture of golf’s European Tour and the IMG agency.

The Sportsman Media Group agency has reached an agreement with US media group EverSport to provide coverage in the United States of Germany’s Deutsche Eishockey Liga play-off games.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky is set to increase its shareholding in Sky Deutschland, which operates in Germany and Austria, to 100 per cent in the coming weeks.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 is set to face competition from pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland and commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 for the rights to Professional Darts Corporation events from 2017, according to Die Zeit.

German public-service broadcaster ARD has called for the Handball World Championships to be added to the list of protected sports events reserved for free-to-air coverage in Germany.

The Pitch International agency secured a late rights deal in the critical German market for the 2015 men’s Handball World Championship at the end of December – the last major market where a deal was outstanding.

Uefa has agreed a raft of Champions League and Europa League rights deals, securing fee increases in each territory, TV Sports Markets understands.

Uefa is understood to be close to a breakthrough in Russia for the rights to its European Qualifiers but still faces big challenges in Germany, where third-party rights remain unsold, and Singapore, where it has not sold any rights.

Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews television audiences across the big five markets for the recently concluded Formula One World Championship

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has increased its stake in German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland by more than five per cent to 95.8 per cent since the end of November.

Pan-European broadcaster Sky has agreed to sell a controlling interest in its gaming business Sky Bet so that it can concentrate on its pay-television operations.