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EXCLUSIVE: ARD and ZDF have Euro 2028 rights locked up
ARD and ZDF, the public-service broadcasters in Germany, have regained rights directly to the Uefa European Championship in 2028, it has emerged
ARD, ZDF tie down rights to Germany’s national team
German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have announced a new deal with Uefa for rights to Germany's men’s national team matches.
ZDF nets strong audience for German Fiba World Cup triumph after late sublicensing
Germany’s triumph in the final of the Fiba Basketball World Cup was watched by an average audience of 4.6
Free-to-air networks reject telco’s Basketball World Cup sub-licensing talks
Deutsche Telekom's offer to negotiate with free-to-air linear broadcasters in Germany over a sub-licensing rights deal for the ongoing Fiba Basketball World Cup appears to have fallen on deaf ears
EBU helps Fifa break Women’s World Cup deadlock
Fifa avoided a momentum-killing Women’s World Cup television blackout in five major markets after a financial and diplomatic intervention from the European Broadcasting Union.
DAZN deals with SportA for Women’s World Cup highlights
Subscription sports broadcaster DAZN has picked up rights in Germany to show highlights from the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup.
Women’s World Cup breakthrough in major markets after EBU intervention
Fifa has extended its media rights agreement for the 2023 Women’s World Cup with the European Broadcasting Union, ensuring the tournament will be screened in the major markets of France, Germany, Italy, S…
Canale 5 nears 9m viewers for Champions League final, French and German figures drop
Saturday evening’s Uefa Champions League final registered the highest free-to-air audience in Italy since 2017 as Inter Milan lost out to Manchester City.
Dyn strikes free-to-air deal with ARD and ZDF across three sports
Streaming platform Dyn Media has announced a sublicensing agreement with German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF ahead of its launch later this year
Champions League value sees minor increase as German challenges laid bare
Uefa will see a slight increase in the value of its Champions League media rights in Germany amid tough conditions for rights-holders as a result of macroeconomic gloom, cost-cutting and uncertainty over the potential sale of pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland.
TF1 audience breaks 20m barrier as France reach World Cup final
TF1, the French commercial broadcaster, registered an average audience of 20.7 million last night as France defeated Morocco 2-0 to reach the Fifa World Cup final in Qatar
Rai nets highest World Cup audience for Argentina-Croatia
Rai, the Italian public broadcaster, attracted its highest audience of the 2022 Fifa World Cup last night as Argentina defeated Croatia to reach the final.
The match was watched by an average of 10
TF1 nears 12m viewers for latest win, German and Spanish World Cup figures improve
French free-to-air commercial broadcaster TF1 attracted an average of 11.6 million viewers on Saturday as France defeated Denmark 2-1 at the Fifa World Cup in Qatar.
Audiences for World Cup opener up in key European markets, down in Germany
The opening match of the 2022 Fifa World Cup drew larger television audiences in France, Spain and the United Kingdom than for the first game of the 2018 World Cup but viewing figures were much lower in…
Unbundling pays off as DFB drives increases for three key properties
Holger Blask, managing director of marketing and sales at the DFB, tells SportBusiness Media the federation anticipated strong interest from broadcasters but was still “positively surprised” by the results.
Deutsche Telekom secures exclusive 3. Liga rights, women’s Bundesliga locks in deals
Deutsche Telekom has acquired exclusive live rights to all 3. Liga matches from 2023-24 to 2026-27 while also picking up a share of rights to the women’s Bundesliga.
Gymnastics, sport climbing and triathlon breach 2m audience barrier on ARD
Gymnastics, sport climbing and triathlon events at Munich’s European Championships have all attracted audiences of over 2 million viewers on ARD, the German public-service broadcaster.
Euro 2022 audience figures on the rise for ZDF, TF1 and Canal Plus
Uefa Women’s Euro 2022 is continuing to pull in strong audience figures as both German and French broadcasters posted strong ratings for the two countries’ semi-final clash yesterday (Wednesday) evening.