With KirchSport holding the lucrative FIFA World Cup rights, and discussions on-going over a management buy-out, the once mighty company is at a crucial stage as to its future.
Kirch's main business, KirchMedia, filed for insolvency in April and is now on the verge of being snapped up by a consortium.
KirchPayTV, which was largely seen as the source of Kirch's main financial problems, also became insolvent in May this year.
To find out more about Kirch's story so far this year, read the features section of today's sportbusiness.com
