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F1 sees massive fee hike in Germany in shift behind Sky paywall
Tough market weighs on DFL domestic rights income
Bundesliga seals revised domestic deals, secures clubs finances if league resumes
WWE holds back PPV rights in Germany to promote OTT
Uefa raises lower-tier club rights income more than 40% in German RTL deal
Sky Deutschland sets Bundesliga pay-TV audience record
Sky Deutschland expands OTT sports highlights offer
Ex-Sky Deutschland chief Schmidt to be Hertha Berlin CEO
Sport1 extends 2. Bundesliga highlights deal with Sky
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Uefa continues to grow club competition income in Austria & Switzerland
Sky Deutschland solidifies golf dominance in DACH with PGA, Open deals
Sky Deutschland listens to the demand of subscribers: bring back Formula One
ATP earn large increase as Sky fights off rivals in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Fierce competition drives increase in Wimbledon rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Premier League earns big increase for rights in the DACH region
European Tour strikes new Sky deals as wide-ranging Discovery agreement draws near
ARD/ZDF recoup some of their Fifa outlay via sublicensing deals
New Wimbledon deal imminent for German and Austrian markets
Sky begins to refinance its record Austrian Bundesliga rights deal
Sky Österreich will generate more than €5m ($5.9m) per season from the sublicensing of Austrian Bundesliga rights, from 2018-19 to 2021-22.
Sky pays premium for exclusive, eight-season Bundesliga deal
Selling global rights exclusively to pay-television broadcaster Sky has netted the Austrian Bundesliga the biggest media-rights deal in the country’s history.
Sky wins exclusive Champions League rights, sells on to DAZN
Uefa turned down a strong bid from incumbent free-to-air Champions League rights-holder ZDF for its next cycle in Germany, instead accepting an offer from pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland for exclusive rights.
Sky takes up option to renew EHF Champions League rights
Watching Brief (Vol.137) Special Focus: FIA Formula One World Championship
German handball league hits targets with new domestic deal
Seifert: New deals reinforce Bundesliga’s position as one of world’s top three leagues
Christian Seifert, chief executive of the German football league, told TV Sports Markets this week the latest domestic Bundesliga deals would entrench it as one of the world’s top three football leagues.
DFB the biggest winner in swathe of deals
Germany’s football federation is set to earn about 35 per cent more from domestic media rights to its knockout cup competition, with deals to be announced in the coming weeks.
Sky snatches ATP tennis rights
German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland is close to dislodging Sport1 as the holder of ATP World Tour tennis media rights in the country.
Growing Sky pays more to keep grip on top golf rights
German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland was forced into an increase to renew rights to a host of golf properties, consolidating its position as the dominant pay-television broadcaster in the country.