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Bauer exits WBD Germany for top ProSiebenSat.1 rights role
Gernot Bauer, head of sport at Warner Bros. Discovery Germany, is leaving the media giant to join commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1
Free-to-air networks reject telco’s Basketball World Cup sub-licensing talks
Deutsche Telekom's offer to negotiate with free-to-air linear broadcasters in Germany over a sub-licensing rights deal for the ongoing Fiba Basketball World Cup appears to have fallen on deaf ears
Rösner swaps ProSiebenSat.1 for Sky Deutschland
Sky Deutschland has announced the appointment of ProSiebenSat.1 media rights executive Alexander Rösner to the newly created role of senior vice-president of sports editorial.
ProSiebenSat.1 lands IIHF World Championship free-to-air rights
Commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has acquired free-to-air rights in Germany to the International Ice Hockey Federation’s World Championship as part of a sublicensing agreement with Sportdeutschland.TV, SportBusiness understands.
ProSiebenSat.1 retains rights to Uefa European Under-21 Championship
German media group ProSiebenSat.1 will continue showing the Uefa European Under-21 Championship after extending its rights deal for the national team tournament with European football’s governing body.
CME owner PPF takes stake in ProSiebenSat.1
Czech investment company PPF Group has acquired a 9.1-per-cent stake in German media group ProSiebenSat.1, becoming its second-largest shareholder after Italy-based commercial broadcaster Mediaset
ProSiebenSat.1 extends DTM rights in ‘long-term’ deal
German media group ProSiebenSat.1 has renewed its domestic broadcast rights to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters touring car series as part of a “long-term deal” with new series promoter the General German Automobile Club.
Free-to-air Super Bowl audience in Germany dips as Chiefs edge thriller
The German free-to-air television audience for Sunday night’s Super Bowl LVII was down markedly on the last two editions of the NFL showpiece as commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1
ProSiebenSat.1 extends European League of Football rights to 2026
Media group ProSiebenSat.1 will continue to broadcast the European League of Football in Germany until at least 2026 after extending its rights agreement with the gridiron football league.
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Puls 4 recoups slice of Uefa club competition rights in Austria
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
ProSiebenSat.1 acquires Warner Bros. Discovery’s shares in OTT service Joyn
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has reached an agreement to acquire the outstanding 50 per cent of the shares in streaming service Joyn from media group Warner Bros. Discovery
ProSiebenSat.1 to showcase Bundesliga on new UHD channel
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has detailed plans to showcase its Bundesliga football output on a new ultra high-definition channel.
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ProSiebenSat.1’s Puls 24 retains domestic free-to-air rights to Austrian ice hockey
Commercial broadcasting group ProSiebenSat.1 has retained domestic free-to-air rights to Austria’s top-tier ICE Hockey League.
Joyn adds Sport1+, eSports1 to line-up
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 and US media group Discovery have expanded their relationship with Sport1 to include the latter's Sport1+ and eSports1 channels to the Joyn OTT platform
Germany’s ProSieben Maxx ties up Extreme E rights
ProSieben Maxx, the Germany-based free-to-air commercial channel, is to broadcast live coverage from Extreme E in the latest deal announced by the electric off-road racing series
Puls 4 picks up NHL rights in Austria
Austrian commercial broadcaster Puls 4 has picked up National Hockey League rights for the next four seasons, adding to last year’s acquisition of rights to the Austrian domestic ice hockey league.
ESL’s latest deals show that esports and traditional media can work in harmony
The influence of traditional sports executives is growing at esports rights-holders, leading to deeper partnerships with legacy media companies. Callum McCarthy reports.
Formula E claims German free-to-air showcase with ProSiebenSat.1 deal
German commercial broadcasting group ProSiebenSat.1 has agreed a multi-year rights deal with the Formula E electric car-racing series