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German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF, along with the German Handball Association (DHB), have said they will step up their efforts to ensure future major handball tournaments are broadcast on free-to-air television in the country.

Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2014 in France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

The German Olympic Committee (DOSB) has agreed a three-year extension with public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF for the organisation’s ‘TV 32’ contract.

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.

German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have acquired rights for extracts of coverage from the ongoing 2015 men’s Handball World Championships in Qatar.

German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF will continue to show the Volleyball Bundesliga, the sport’s top division in the country, under an extended multi-year deal.

German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have pulled out of talks to acquire rights for handball’s 2015 men’s World Championships.

The German football federation, the Deutscher Fußball-Bund, last week secured a small fee increase for a host of rights in a renewal with public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF.

ARD chairman Lutz Marmor has said the German public-service broadcaster will make a decision over a possible return to live coverage of the Tour de France cycling race by the end of this year.

German regional public-service broadcaster WDR has given its approval to the acquisition of 2022 Fifa World Cup national football team media rights by national public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF.

German broadcasters and the German Handball Federation (DHB) have expressed their frustration that a rights deal has yet to be agreed in Germany for handball’s 2015 men’s World Championships.

Public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have extended their deal with the German Football Association (DFB), which includes national team and club competition rights, through to mid-2018.

SportA, the sports rights agency for ARD and ZDF, has agreed a deal with sports broadcaster Sport1 to extend the German public-service broadcasters’ coverage of the Handball Bundesliga through the 2016-17 season.

SportA, the sports rights agency for German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF, has agreed a two-year sublicensing deal with telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom for rights to the Basketball Bundesliga, the top division of the sport in Germany.

The Sportsman Media Group agency has agreed a two-year extension to its contract with SportA, the sports rights agency for German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF, to cover the German Ice Hockey League (DEL).

Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in key European markets for last month’s European Athletics Championships