Sport1

Darts
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Sport1, the German free-to-air sports channel, attracted a peak audience of 2.36 million viewers for live coverage of last night’s dramatic PDC World Darts Championship final between England’s Michael Smith and Michael van Gerwen of the Netherlands.
Volleyball
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Dyn Media, the German streaming platform founded by former German Football League chief executive Christian Seifert and publishing house Axel Springer, has struck a sublicensing agreement with commercial broadcaster Sport1 for the media rights to domestic women’s volleyball properties.
Football
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Deutsche Telekom has acquired exclusive live rights to all 3. Liga matches from 2023-24 to 2026-27 while also picking up a share of rights to the women’s Bundesliga.
Multiple Sports
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German sports broadcaster Sport1 and gambling company Magic Sports Media have teamed up with sports betting media group Better Collective to launch a sports betting section on Sport1.de
Multiple Sports
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German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the 2022 World Games multi-sport event in a deal with International Sports Broadcasting
Australian Rules Football
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German pay-television sports broadcaster Sport1 has further enhanced its coverage of Australian sport by acquiring rights to Aussie rules football league, the AFL
Mixed Martial Arts
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Sports broadcaster Sport1 has agreed a content sharing deal in Germany with specialist martial arts streaming platform Fighting.de
Rugby League
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German pay-television sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired platform-neutral rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to show Australia’s National Rugby League from 2022 to 2024.
Football
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German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights for next month’s Fifa Club World Cup.
Ice Hockey
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Domestic live free-to-air coverage of German ice hockey’s DEL is switching hands after Sport1, the incumbent rights-holder, chose to end its agreement prematurely.
Baseball
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German sports broadcaster Sport1 has secured free-to-air and pay-television rights to Major League Baseball until 2026
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Daniel von Busse, chief operating officer at Sport1, is to succeed the retiring Michael Amsinck in heading up the management of the sports rights department at ZDF, the German public-service broadcaster
Multiple Sports
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German sports broadcaster Sport1 has agreed a one-year extension to its rights deal for the Rocket League Championship Series esports competition and has also agreed a content tie-up with the German Ski…
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Daniel von Busse, chief operating officer at Sport1, is to leave the German sports broadcaster, it has been reported
Multiple Sports
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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…
Triathlon
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Super League Triathlon has secured a rights deal in Germany with sports broadcaster Sport1
Volleyball
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German sports broadcaster Sport1 has retained rights to Germany’s women’s Volleyball Bundesliga in a wide-ranging five-year agreement.
Football
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The German Football Federation (DFB) has today (Friday) signed off on new domestic broadcast deals for the DFB-Pokal worth an uplift of over 20 per cent on the current agreements