DACH Forum 2025: View photo gallery from the Munich event
The DACH Forum 2025 took place at the Sky Sport studios in Munich last week (8 October), bringing together professionals from the broadcasting and production community from across the region for an afternoon of panels, presentations and networking.
See below for pictures from the event.
Alessandro Reitano, Sky Deutschland, SVP of Sports Production and SVG Europe chair, welcomes attendees to the DACH Forum 2025 – on the 10th anniversary of the event.
Opening remarks from Alexander Harkenthal of title sponsor Tata Communications Media
Thomas Riedel, Riedel, Founder and CEO, delivers the opening keynote on innovation – and Riedel’s relationship with the Eurovision Song Contest
Elif Dogan, AWS, Head of Media, Entertainment, Games, Sports, Retail -Professional Services, Germany & Europe Central, on fan experiences
Left to right: Alessandro Reitano with Carsten Ruppel, DFL Digital Sports, Director Content & Media Production, Verena Göttl, Dyn Media, MD of Dyn Productions, Daniel Url, Fonn Group, Chief Product Officer and Holger Ensslin, DMC Germany, MD of DACH, discussing smart content production
Left to right: Alessandro Reitano discusses the new Bundesliga rights cycle with Marcus Beisiegel, DFL, SVP of Audiovisual Rights and Media Product, Charly Classen, Sky Deutschland, Executive Vice President, Sports, Haruka Gruber, DAZN, SVP of Media & Head of Central Europe, Alexander Günther, Sportcast, MD
Left to right: Ido Ratzon, WSC Sports, Head of Business Development – DACH, UKI, Nordics, Baltics, Yannick Ramcke, OneFootball, General Manager, OTT and Rohn Malhotra, SportsTechX, Founder explore fan technology and investment
Cristina Gomila, Sky, Managing Director of Content Technology & Innovation in conversation with Alessandro Reitano
The afternoon concluded with Thomas Schöneich, EHF, Director of Media and Communications in the studio, along with (left to right) Prashant Khanna, Jiostar, Head of Production Services, Studios & Production Tech, Sports, Barney Carleton, NBA, AVP of Broadcast Planning and Strategy and Mike Davies, FOX Sports, EVP of Field & Technical Management and Operations who joined remotely for a discussion on what’s next from leagues and broadcasters
With thanks to title sponsor Tata Communications Media, case study sponsors Shure and Appear, session sponsor Broadcast Solutions and tabletop sponsors Multidyne, Panasonic and Cobalt.