Astra 19.2°E – ProSiebenSat.1 brings more boxing on TV

November 7, 2016 • Tags: #liveonsatfreetoair

Team Sauerland, boxing agency founded by Wilfried Sauerland 30 years ago, agreed a new longterm TV deal with the ProSiebenSat.1 networking germany. The deal will see a minimum of 12 boxing nights per year for a next three years.  After a cooperation with Viasat in Scandinavia and partnership with eddie hearn and MatchroomBoxing, the agreement with ProSiebenSat.1 media is a huge success for both sides. Freddy Ness, Managing Director of Team Sauerland’s German operations statedfor official website: ‘’We’ve been working hard developing new talents in German boxing. This year, we saw amateur world champion Jack Culcay win the WBA Light … Continue Reading

Astra 19.2°E – German Basketball League BBL live on FTA TV Sport 1

September 23, 2016 • Tags: #basketballtv #liveonsatbasketball

The Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the highest level of professional club basketball starts today with the match between Fraport Skyliners and last year champion Brose Basket. Sport 1, which is free-to-air channel on Astra 19.2° satellite position, owned by Constantin medien AG, will cover the first match live and free. In the season 2016/2017 Sport 1 will cover 48 live matches (34 main round, 14 play-offs and 2 final matches). In BBL cometes 18 teams and season is split into a league and group stage. At the end of the league stage, the top eight teams qualify for the playoff stage … Continue Reading

Astra 19.2° – Will ARD and ZDF cover Olympic Games in Tokyo

September 18, 2016 • Tags: #liveonsatfreetoair

After the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that all TV and multi-platform broadcast rights in Europe for the four Olympic Games in the 2018–2024 period have been awarded to Discovery Communications, the parent company of Eurosport, many TV companies have started to plan their budgets for sublicensing rights. The agreement covers the XXIII. Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang in 2018 and the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo in 2020, as well as the Olympic Games in 2022 and 2024, the host cities of which have yet to be elected.  The deal will be effective for most of … Continue Reading

Where to watch England Premier League in Germany?

September 18, 2016 • Tags: #liveonsatfootball

In December 2015, Sky Deutschland has lost the rights to show English Premier League from the season 2016/17 and the TV rights have gone to London-based sports media company Perform Group, who, at the same time, have also been awarded non-exclusive Premier League rights in Switzerland and Luxembourg. About Perform Group PERFORM Group was created in September 2007 through the merger of two businesses: Premium TV Limited, a provider of web and mobile solutions to the sports sector, and the Inform Group, a digital sports rights agency. The businesses were rebranded “PERFORM” in January 2008 under the leadership of current … Continue Reading

Astra 19.2° – Bundesliga highlights free-to-air on satellite TV

September 13, 2016 • Tags: #liveonsat #liveonsatfootball #liveonsatfreetoair

German commercial broadcaster RTL and pay-television Sky Germany have secured two remaining packages of Germany’s top tier football leagues for the next four years.RTL will show all 1. Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga highlights on Monday evenings. The football show will run on 10:00 pm on their FTA (free-to-air) channel on RTL Nitro. The live rights cover 28 of 40 Germany matches between 2018 and 2022, including the new Uefa Nations League competition. RTL will also cover all test matches from this period. According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper, RTL will pay an around €5m per game Sky Germany will show … Continue Reading

Livestream – Australian NBL launches new streaming platform

September 8, 2016 • Tags: #basketballtv #liveonsatbasketball

The Australian National Basketball League will show every game of season 2016/17 live on it’s new NBL TV, after securing full ownership of its digital rights in Australia.  With a subscription, basketball fans will be able to view games directly on their mobile, tablet, desktop or TV. Along with every 2016/17 season game live, fans can also enjoy hundreds of classic NBL games on demand via the NBL TV platform. NBL Executive Director Larry Kestelman has a vision to see the National Basketball League become one of Australia’s leading sports products. “Our focus is on ensuring as many Australian basketball … Continue Reading

Astra19.2°E – Sport1 will cover Allianz Bundesliga free-to-air

September 6, 2016 • Tags: #bundesligaliveontv #liveonsatfootball

Sport 1, German FTA broadcaster, owned by Konstantin Medien AG, has acquired TV and online rights for the Allianz Women’s Bundesliga, Germany’s top tier women’s football league. The deal will run until the end of the season 2017/2018, and includes 22 games live. With this deal, the German free-to-air broadcaster, has also secured the rights to stream the games online onit’s digital platform, Sport1.de. SportEventz Apps – Download Now!iOS and Android Women’s football gained popularity in Germany, after national team won the gold medal in Rio de Janeiro this sommer. Thw Allianz Bundesliga kicks off on 3. September, when FC … Continue Reading

DAZN: “Netflix” for sport fans starts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

August 24, 2016 • Tags: #liveonsatnfl #nflliveontv

DAZN is a new live and VOD streaming service focused on sport. The main idea behind the project was to provide users a live and VOD sports content for a flat fee.  DAZN is a backed by Perform, a leading digital sports content and media group. Together with DAZN, London based company also owns well known services like Spox.com, Goal.com, RunningBall and Opta Sports. For the sport fans in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the service is available for 9.99€ per month with a 30 day FREE trial. One contract allows simultaneous logins on two devices with up to 20 live sports … Continue Reading

Astra 19.2°E – RTL will cover Serie A in Belgium

August 24, 2016 • Tags: #liveonsatfootball

Eleven Sports Network has announced a strategic partnership with Belgian broadcaster RTL, who will cover Live Serie A football. In addition to the Live Serie A TIM action on Club RTL, Belgian football fans will be able to watch Eleven’s weekly European football review programme, Eleven United. “This agreement with RTL ensures even more football fans in Belgium and Luxembourg will have an additional reason to cheer the start of the football season,” says Danny Menken, Group Managing Director of Eleven Sports Network for broadbadtvnews.com. “The Serie A is one of the most prestigious leagues in the world and we … Continue Reading

Livestream – Caribbean Cricket League to be broadcast on Facebook

July 2, 2016 • Tags: #liveonsat

The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) announced that all 34 matches of the ongoing Twenty20 tournament will be broadcast on Facebook Live, across 40 countries.  It will be the first time ever that the international cricket match has been broadcast using social network. The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) tournament is scheduled to take place between June 29 to August 7. CPL Chief Operations Officer Pete Russell said for CPL official website: “We are delighted to announce how we’re using Facebook Live, which we believe has the potential to change the face of cricket broadcasting and enhance the CPL’s ever-increasing international … Continue Reading