Germany
TV RIGHTS 1: football, motorcycling, Formula One and others
Premiere deal with DSF starts salvage operation
Premiere, the German pay-television broadcaster, has salvaged something of its reputation following its deal with DSF.
RTL sells ski-jump event after losing scheduling fight
RTL sold on the rights for one of this year’s World Cup ski-jumping events after a row with the FIS
The bookie who bet on TV
Shock award of international media rights for German league football
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Tennis, skiing, boxing, darts, athletics and more
Tennis: Pan-European cable and satellite broadcaster Eurosport extended its deal for coverage of the Australian Open for a further four years, from 2008 to 2011. Eurosport will also be the distribution agent for the media rights across Europe. The rights were previously held by the European Broadcasting Union, the umbrella group representing the region’s public-service broadcasters.
Sky to bring back multi-channel F1
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Bundesliga, American football, tennis and more
Football: The German Football League awarded the rights for the Bundesliga in several three-year deals covering 2006-07 to 2008-09.
ADSL warning for pay-TV as first big rights deal is won
Versatel has jumped into the vanguard of an emerging movement by telecoms companies to seriously challenge broadcasters for live television rights.
Skiing ‘must adapt’ to win over TV and viewers
France Télévisions believe that FIS must change to interest broadcasters.
Ecclestone finally takes over production of main F1 signal
Shock German rights award shows old certainties dying
Victory for three small German cable operators in Bundesliga rights battle.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: F1, Asian Games and more
• Formula One: German free-to-air sports broadcaster DSF acquired a package of Formula One rights for the 2007 season.
Rai fashionably late for skiing’s big party
EBU set to get money back for Italian skiing rights.