Austria

Commercial broadcaster Sport1 has acquired platform-neutral rights across Germany, Austria and Switzerland to the ADAC GT Masters motor racing series as part of a new deal with the General German Automobile Club.

OneFootball has announced a content sharing agreement with Austrian commercial broadcaster ServusTV that will make Uefa Champions League and Europa League highlights available on its streaming platform.

Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has announced plans to shut its ORF Sport + linear television channel as part of a wider range of measures designed to save around €300m ($319.7m) by 2026.

Sky will become the new home of the ATP and WTA tours across its active markets of the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy from 2024 onwards, SportBusiness understands

Sky has doubled down on its future coverage of Uefa club competitions in Austria after securing a wide-ranging allocation of Uefa Europa League and Europa Conference League rights from 2024-25 to 2026-27

Austrian telecommunications company A1 has agreed a deal to sponsor this year’s Alpine World Ski Championships in Courchevel/Méribel, France, along with the 2025 event taking place in Saalbach in its ho…

Media platform OneFootball and subscription sports streaming service DAZN have announced a distribution deal for the German and Austrian markets

Nina Tsimpouli has left her role as director of global content marketing at the DFL Digital Sports arm of the German Football League (DFL) to become head of sports operations in the DACH region for social…

Kelly Burgett and Alex Drymonakos, who previously worked in the analytics and marketing departments at energy drinks giant Red Bull, have announced the launch of Audience Labs, a new “insights-driven” spo…

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the United States’ newest professional American football league, the XFL, in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for the next two years. 

Commercial broadcaster ServusTV has extended its World Rally Championship rights for two more seasons. The broadcaster has announced a new agreement that includes Germany and Austria

Seoul will host the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships for the third time in 2025, after the International Skating Union (ISU) awarded hosting rights for three of its major events

Commercial broadcaster ServusTV has acquired free-to-air rights in Austria to high-profile matches during the next two editions of the French Open tournament in a sublicensing deal with Warner Bros. Discovery

Alberto Horta has joined the IMG agency as its senior vice-president and managing director for the DACH markets of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, following a lengthy tenure at media group Warner Bros

The European Handball Federation (EHF) has committed its long-term future to Vienna after announcing that it will develop new headquarters in the Austrian capital

ProSiebenSat.1-owned commercial broadcaster Puls 4 has acquired two packages of free-to-air rights in Austria to Uefa club competitions from 2024-25 to 2026-27

Germany-based OTT operator Dyn Media has acquired rights to the Basketball Champions League under a long-term agreement

Pay-TV broadcaster Sky has retained the majority of its Uefa Champions League rights in Austria from 2024-25 to 2026-27