German Football League (DFL)
DFL appoints bank for private equity bridging loan proposals
German Football League (DFL) chief executive Christian Seifert has said that the governing body of the top two divisions of the domestic game is in talks over a potential bridging loan, adding that it…
DFL and Sky negotiating Bundesliga media-rights payments
The German Football League (DFL) is in ongoing discussions with its domestic broadcast rights-holders as it seeks to reach a consensus with pay-television broadcaster Sky over the final instalment of this…
Germany’s ‘big four’ to make solidarity payment to other clubs
German Bundesliga football clubs Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig and Bayer Leverkusen have pledged to provide €20m ($22m) to support clubs in the top tier and the second-tier 2.
DFL postpones rights tender as season pushed back again
The German Football League (DFL) has postponed its invitation to tender for domestic Bundesliga broadcast rights from 2021-22 to 2024-25 due to the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
Germany’s federal cartel office give go-ahead on domestic Bundesliga tender
The Bundeskartellamt, Germany’s federal cartel office, has given the all clear for the German Football League (DFL) to launch its invitation to tender for domestic Bundesliga rights.
DFL presses ahead with Bundesliga domestic rights tender
The Bundesliga’s domestic broadcast rights invitation to tender process is to carry on despite the spread of the coronavirus pandemic across Germany and elsewhere in Europe.
Promoted Merkel to replace Blask as DFL audiovisual rights director
The German Football League (DFL) has promoted Steffen Merkel to the role of director of audiovisual rights, replacing Holger Blask when he moves to the German Football Federation (DFB) this summer
DFL Digital Sports names director of content marketing to replace Schmidt
DFL Digital Sports, the subsidiary of the German Football League (DFL) responsible for the distribution of the Bundesliga’s digital content, has recruited Google’s Nina Tsimpouli as its new director of …
Bundesliga tender includes improved production, more clips and digital out-of-home rights
Further details of the inventory on offer in the Bundesliga’s forthcoming domestic broadcast rights tender process were released today by the German Football League (DFL).
Bundesliga clubs break €4bn in revenue, media rights account for 37 per cent
The Bundesliga, Germany’s top football division, exceeded total revenues of over €4bn ($4.26bn) for the first time in 2018-19, according to the 2020 DFL Economic Report, which was released today (Tuesday).
DFL invites broadcasters to register for domestic Bundesliga rights tender
Companies interested in the domestic broadcast rights to Germany’s Bundesliga and 2.
Nent extends Bundesliga deal in continued football rights push
The Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has extended its rights to Germany’s Bundesliga until 2024-25, less than a week after it announced its landmark six-season English Premier League deal.
DFL unveils proposed Bundesliga domestic rights packages as tender nears
Holger Blask, director of audio-visual rights at the Deutsche Fußball Liga has laid out the proposed packages for the upcoming 2021-22 to 2024-25 domestic media rights invitation to tender for Germany's …
Seifert: AI-powered archive footage among possibilities in long-term Amazon deal
The recently-agreed tie-up between Germany’s Bundesliga and Amazon Web Services, the retail giant’s cloud computing subsidiary, could lead to archive highlights created specifically for different rights-holding bro…
DFL moves for Israeli mobile start-up in latest equity investment
Movez, an Israeli start-up company that is launching a mobile app for football skills, has become the latest company in which the German Football League (DFL) has acquired shares
German cartel office ‘pushes for exclusivity alterations’ to Bundesliga tender
Germany’s federal cartel office, the Bundeskartellamt, has asked the Deutsche Fußball Liga to adjust its domestic tender for Germany’s Bundesliga, it has been reported, in order to prevent a pay-television prov…
Bundesliga signs up Amazon Web Services for real-time statistics
Germany’s Bundesliga has become the world’s first football league to work with Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing subsidiary of the retail giant becoming increasingly involved in sports broadcasting and…
Seifert: Bundesliga to increase live free-to-air matches from 2021-22
Christian Seifert, chief executive of the Deutsche Fußball Liga, has said that there will be more of Germany’s Bundesliga matches shown live on free-to-air television from the 2021-22 season, after it…