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Sky Deutschland keeps European Tour non-exclusive to cut fee
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has reduced its rights fee for the European Tour and Ryder Cup after passing up the opportunity to regain exclusivity to the golf properties.
Sport1 secures last-minute highlights deal as Sky ponders F1 strategy
Commercial broadcaster Sport1 struck an eleventh-hour deal with Sky Deutschland for Formula 1 highlights in Germany, ensuring there will be regular free-to-air coverage of the motor racing series in the market throughout 2023.
ESPN retains F1 in Latin America and Caribbean, Sport1 nets highlights in Germany
Formula 1 has renewed its media rights agreement in Latin America and the Caribbean with sports broadcaster ESPN until the end of the 2025 season
Uefa benefits from surprise Canal Plus move into Austria
The value of Uefa club competition media rights in Austria has significantly increased, with newcomer Canal Plus paying a premium to gain a foothold in the market.
Sky Deutschland extends ‘Next Generation’ scheme to attract younger demographic
German Bundesliga domestic rights-holder, pay-television broadcaster Sky, will continue efforts to reach out to a younger audience with a special broadcast of this weekend’s match between 1.
Sky retains suite of golf rights in DACH region, agrees Ryder Cup deal in Italy
Pay-TV broadcaster Sky has renewed various golf rights in German-speaking countries while also reaching an agreement in Italy to broadcast the DP World Tour and the 2023 Ryder Cup from the Marco Simone…
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.
Comcast considers sale of Sky Deutschland
Media giant Comcast is thought to be considering a sale of the German arm of Sky, as the European pay-television broadcaster’s total customer relationships increased by 320,000 to 23 million in the third q…
Sat.1 adds to live Bundesliga output in Sky sublicensing deal
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has agreed a sublicensing deal with the Seven.One Entertainment Group agency granting its commercial broadcasting group ProSiebenSat
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.
Sportdeutschland.TV strikes deal with Sky for DHB-Pokal rights
DOSB New Media, operator of German streaming platform Sportdeutschland
Sky pays modest uplift to renew Wimbledon rights in DACH
Sky Deutschland has paid a modest uplift to renew rights to the Wimbledon tennis grand slam tournament in German-speaking countries for another four years.
PGA Tour makes international statement with ‘multi-year’ Sky Deutschland renewal
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has extended its PGA Tour broadcast rights in German-speaking countries as the established property continues to fight off competition from the lucrative LIV Golf series
DAZN, SuperSport, Sky Deutschland and Eleven among LIV Golf broadcasters
Rights to LIV Golf’s inaugural Invitational Series event at London’s Centurion Club this week have been acquired by broadcasters including DAZN, Eleven Sports, Sky Deutschland, SPOTV in Southeast Asia and…
Sky Deutschland to launch Premier League channel
The German arm of pay-television broadcaster Sky is launching a channel dedicated to the Premier League, the top tier of English club football
EXCLUSIVE: Handball Bundesliga keen to balance exclusivity in new domestic rights deals
Germany’s Handball Bundesliga is looking to carve out the ability to stream matches itself to its fans in any new domestic broadcast rights agreement after launching its invitation to tender last week.
German free-to-air audience tops 8m for RB Leipzig’s maiden triumph
Saturday evening’s DFB-Pokal final between RB Leipzig and Freiburg was watched by an average of 8.1 million viewers on German public-service television.
NHL almost doubles value in Germany and Austria with Sky
The National Hockey League doubled the value of its rights across Germany and Austria this season on the back of strong competition, with Sky Deutschland and ProSiebenSat.1 sharing the property during 2021-22.