Handball

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has acquired rights to two warm-up games of the German men’s handball team ahead of the 2017 World Championship and will provide them free-to-air via the Sky Sport News HD channel.

Sportdeutschland.tv, the online sports channel of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), is in talks over a rights deal in Germany for handball’s 2017 Men’s World Championship.

DAZN, the OTT sports subscription service operated by digital media specialist Perform, has said it is in talks over a rights deal in Germany for handball’s 2017 Men’s World Championship.

Multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group has acquired exclusive rights in the Nordic region to the 2020 European Handball Championships.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has sublicensed a package of rights for the upcoming handball men’s World Championship, which will take place in France from January 11-29, to French commercial broadcaster TF1.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports is seeking to sublicense on some rights in France for the upcoming handball men’s World Championship, which will take place from January 11-29, as well as the 2017 handball women’s World Championship, scheduled for the end of next year.

Germany’s Handball-Bundesliga has increased the value of its media rights by at least 67 per cent with international rights still to be sold, TV Sports Markets understands.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights for the European Handball Federation Women’s European Championships.

The German handball league, the Handball-Bundesliga, has agreed new rights deals with pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland and public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF.

The MP & Silva agency has agreed a global media rights deal with the SEHA Liga, a handball competition which gathers together clubs from seven south east European national associations.

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

Polish pay-television operator NC Plus has acquired exclusive rights to the Superliga, the top division of handball in the country, while international sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has launched its third channel in Poland.

Domestic coverage of the top men’s and women’s Swedish handball leagues will switch from commercial broadcaster TV4 to pay-television broadcaster C More, it has been confirmed.

German Handball Association (DHB) president Andreas Michelmann has moved to deny comments attributed to him that talks with public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have “failed” over a rights deal for the 2017 Men’s World Championship.

Sportdeutschland.tv, the online sports channel of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), has acquired rights to the International Handball Federation’s qualifying tournaments for the 2016 Olympic Games.

The German Handball Association (DHB) has said it will meet with the International Handball Federation in mid-March in a bid to secure free-to-air coverage for the 2017 Men’s World Championship.