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Media company Constantin Medien will expand its management board to three people on October 1, while its sport subsidiaries will undergo managerial restructuring.

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a deal for the rights to the MotoGP motorcycling championship in Germany, according to Speedweek.com.

The Formula E motor racing series secured strong rights fees in Germany for its inaugural season, mostly through a deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland agreed earlier this month.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 picked up the rights to the inaugural season of the Champions Hockey League ice hockey tournament for a small rights fee.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has retained rights for the Regionalliga, the fourth tier of domestic football in the country.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights for the Champions Hockey League, the new European ice hockey tournament.

Production company Plazamedia has extended a deal to produce coverage of the 2014 edition of the Mercedes Cup ATP World Tour Masters 250 series men’s tennis tournament in Stuttgart, Germany.

German telco Deutsche Telekom last week moved back into buying exclusive sports rights with a deal for the domestic basketball league, which was a big increase on the previous value.

The renewal of the National Basketball Association’s domestic media-rights deal, expected later this year, is the most eagerly awaited in US sport and will no doubt be the biggest of the year.

Interviews with Matt Brabants, senior vice president of global media distribution and business operations, and Elsa Memmi, vice president of global media distribution across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, on the NBA’s global media rights strategy.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the 2014 Women’s Volleyball World Championships, which take place in Italy from September 23 to October 12.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 last month picked up rights to the Fiba World Cup, which takes place in August, in a cash and airtime deal.

Sport1’s deal last week for the rights to the National Hockey League means the sports broadcaster now has exclusive rights to each of the four top North American sports leagues.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has agreed a three-year rights deal for the ADAC 24 hour Race Nürburgring, covering the 2014 to 2016 editions of the touring car and GT endurance motor racing event.

Sport1 US, the US-focused sports pay-television channel that is operated by German commercial broadcaster Sport1, has acquired rights for the North American NHL ice hockey league.

New F1 bidders emerge in Germany

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired the rights to five national team friendly games ahead of the 2014 Fifa World Cup football tournament.

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland and commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 are interested in acquiring rights to the MotoGP motorcycling series, according to the Speedweek.com website.