Sport1 (Germany Austria Switzerland)

Multi-sport

German media group Constantin Medien has officially rebranded as Sport1 Medien, with the new company name designed to highlight its “passion” for sport.
Football

German subscription broadcaster Sportdigital Fussball has added Belgium’s Jupiler Pro League and USA’s Major League Soccer to its portfolio of football leagues.
Esports

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has agreed a deal with sports and betting-related services company Sportradar to acquire rights for this seasons eFootball.Pro League in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Esports

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has added further content for its new esports channel by agreeing a two-year rights deal with US video game developer and events organiser Blizzard Entertainment
Esports

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has said it will close its dedicated US sports channel to make way for a new platform for esports
Ice Hockey

The German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) has extended its rights deal with sports broadcaster Sport1 and has agreed a new partnership with Telekom Sport, the pay-television platform telco Deutsche Telekom
Basketball

Coverage of the 2018-19 season of the Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain, will be available in 140 countries after the league distributed its rights in-house.
Basketball

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has extended its free-to-air rights deal for the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the sport’s top tier in the country.

Christian Gruber has been named as the new chairman of the management team at German sports broadcaster Sport1 Media
Motorsport

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights for the World Rallycross Championship (World RX) motorsport series
Ice Hockey

Lagardère Sports last month secured coverage in Germany and Austria for the Kontinental Hockey League following years without a partner.

Football

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to this summer’s Fifa World Cup national team football tournament and the Formula 2 Championship motor-racing series.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has moved to bundle its online video and on-demand content with the launch of a new video platform.

Boxing

The Sauerland Promotion’s deal with Sport1 in Germany is of similar value to its previous deal with commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1, TV Sports Markets understands.

Boxing

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has agreed an exclusive three-year rights deal with the Team Sauerland boxing agency.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has extended an agreement for rights to domestic motor-racing series the ADAC GT Masters.

Esports

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has agreed a deal with esports event operator ESL to show coverage of a number of upcoming contests.

Football

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights for the Star Sixes football legends tournament.