The Federal German cartel office is currently examining the conformity with competition law of the cooperation between Sky Deutschland and Perform Group, operator of sports streaming service DAZN, for the broadcast of the UEFA Champions League in Germany.
Facebook to broadcast UEFA Champions League in Latin America
Facebook has secured rights to broadcast the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Super Cup in Spanish-speaking Latin American territories.
Sky Deutschland to distribute DAZN via satellite
German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland will transmit selected live sports coverage from streaming portal DAZN via satellite for Sky sports bars in Germany and Austria.
FIFA World Cup rights war escalates in Middle East
FIFA has launched an attack on piracy, threatening to take action against the Saudi TV channel BeoutQ which has been illegally broadcasting the opening games of the World Cup via the Arabsat satellite.
Eleven Sports launches in Portugal
Eleven Sports has secured live and exclusive rights to all matches of the UEFA Champions League and LaLiga Santander in Portugal, where it will now launch.
5,000 illegal streams found in Champions League knockout stages
Ahead of Saturday’s UEFA Champions League final it’s been revealed that 5,100 illegal streams were detected over the internet during the knockout stages of the competition.
Cosmote TV holds European football rights
Cosmote TV has secured the exclusive rights to the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League through until 2021.
RTL keeps Formula One and secures UEFA Europa League on free-TV
German commercial broadcaster RTL has acquired the exclusive free-to-air TV rights for the Formula One for the next three seasons.
DAZN secures UEFA Europa League
Sports portal DAZN will show all games of the UEFA Europa League live in Germany and Austria in the next three seasons.
Puls 4 keeps UEFA Europa League in Austria
The games of the UEFA Europa League will continue to be shown on free-to-air TV in Austria.