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German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights for this year’s editions of the Fifa Confederations Cup and the Uefa Under-21 European Championship national team football tournaments.

The World Rally Championship last week earned a small increase from sports broadcaster Sport1 for its rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The German handball league, the Handball-Bundesliga, will receive bids for its domestic media rights one week from today, TV Sports Markets understands.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to this year’s edition of ice hockey’s World Cup of Hockey national team event.

A series of recently-agreed and impending deals could see the Professional Darts Corporation's global income rise 50 per cent in 2017.

The Infront Sports & Media agency signed off relatively lucrative long-term deals for ice hockey’s World Championship in three markets last month.

The Infront Sports & Media agency has brokered long-term rights deals with broadcasters in Canada, Denmark and Germany for a number of leading ice hockey events.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired platform-neutral rights for the International Champions Cup pre-season club football tournament.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has struck a rights deal with the German Handball Federation for coverage of two friendly matches featuring the country’s national team.

Fred Kogel will replace Bernhard Burgener as the chairman of the management board at media company Constantin Medien, which operates German sports broadcaster Sport1.

The National Basketball Association has finalised a string of deals outside its domestic US market in recent weeks, securing large increases in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and India, and a modest uplift in Poland.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has extended its media rights deal with US sports broadcaster ESPN through to the end of the 2017-18 season.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has agreed a two-year extension to its rights deal for the ADAC GT Masters motor-racing series.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has partnered with pay-television broadcaster Sportdigital to launch a new football highlights programme for free-to-air television.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has agreed a one-year extension to its rights deal for pan-European club ice hockey competition the Champions Hockey League.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the 2015 International Champions Cup, along with a host of other pre-season football games.

Media company Constantin Medien, which operates German sports broadcaster Sport1, the Sport1 Media sports marketing company and the Plazamedia production company, is anticipating a “clear sales and earnings increase” for its sports division for the remainder of 2015.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights for the 2015 Uefa U-21 European Championship, which will take place in Czech Republic from June 17-30.