Austria

Streaming technology provider Endeavor Streaming has made its first direct move into the winter sports market by working with the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV) on its new digital streaming platform. SkiWorldCup.

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has agreed a four-season rights deal to become the new home in Germany and other European countries for North American ice hockey league the NHL

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has this morning detailed plans to step up the pace and scale of expansion plans for Viaplay by announcing that its streaming service will launch in Canada, German-speaking…

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has launched a new multi-sports streaming platform which will be monetised by pay-per-view and subscription revenues and will initially be centred on coverage of the domestic…

Japanese automotive manufacturer Lexus has extended its sponsorship of the Davis Cup Finals to take in this year’s edition of the men’s national team tennis tournament.

Subscription streaming broadcaster DAZN has expanded its association in the German-speaking countries with production company Plazamedia

German digital lifestyle company CLIQ Digital has acquired rights in German-speaking countries to Serie B, the second tier of Italian club football

European Leagues, the body of European football leagues, has gone to market early with the centralised fastpath data rights to league and cup competitions organised by a total of 18 different league bodies…

The Austrian Bundesliga, the top division of domestic football, has opted to activate a four-year contract extension that will see pay-television broadcaster Sky remain its main rights-holder

Subscription streaming broadcaster DAZN has extended and expanded its broadcast rights agreement for North American basketball’s NBA in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

ORF, the Austrian public-service broadcaster, has secured rights to FIS World Cup events organised by Swiss-Ski, the Alpine country’s national ski federation.

Live streaming service Sporttotal has acquired rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to the Asian Football Confederation’s final round of qualifiers for the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar.

ServusTV, the commercial free-to-air broadcaster in German-speaking countries, has renewed its rights agreement with the organisers of the Generali Open Kitzbühel, an ATP 250 event in Austria.

Italy’s extra-time victory over Austria at the Uefa European Championship registered a 61.1-per-cent market share on Rai, the Italian public broadcaster. An average of 13.3

ORF, the Austrian public broadcaster, attracted a peak audience of 1

Commercial broadcasting group ProSiebenSat.1 has retained domestic free-to-air rights to Austria’s top-tier ICE Hockey League.