With the opening match of the Bundesliga having taken place on 22 August, with Bayern Munich thrashing RB Leipzig 6-0, and the opening match of the Bundesliga 2 kicking off […] More
The Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) has just begun the first year in a new domestic rights cycle of four years for the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 leagues. As with every […] More
At SVG Europe Women’s ‘Unstoppable: Championing women in live sports broadcasting’ event which took place on Saturday 13 September at IBC2025, Lise Heidal, president of event sponsor NEP Europe, spoke […] More
At the annual SVG Europe Women event at IBC in Amsterdam on Saturday 13 September, attendees will have a chance to hear about the growth of women’s sport from a […] More
SVG Europe rounds up the industry analysis and reaction to last week’s announcement that RTL Group has agreed to acquire Sky Deutschland for an initial €150m. RTL Group will fully […] More
RTL Group has acquired Sky Deutschland (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), for €150m, creating a media business with some 11.5m subscribers. The deal – which is subject to regulatory approvals – combines […] More
Held in Turin from 8-15 March, the Special Olympics World Winter Games welcomed more than 1500 athletes from 100 countries participating in eight sports. The live broadcast coverage moved 2km […] More
At SVG Europe’s Football Summit 2025, held last month at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, a special Production Workshop on Sustainable Football Production, sponsored by EMG / Gravity Media, brought […] More
Lena Reinhard is an intern at Sky Deutschland working across all aspects of the production process for live sports broadcast. Studying at the University of Cologne, she is focused on […] More
Sports broadcasting is still a male dominated industry, but times are changing according to Birgit Schiller, head of venue management at HBS, who is also responsible for overseeing various events […] More
To women thinking of moving into sports broadcasting or pushing forwards in their careers, Louisa von Lenthe, director of inhouse operations at Sky Deutschland, says: “Just do it! Take one […] More
Sky Deutschland has signed a multi-year partnership with WSC Sports that will see the broadcaster deploy WSC Sports’ artificial intelligence (AI)-driven technology across a host of premium sports properties. The […] More
Football is much more than a hobby for Stefanie Mirlach, Sky Deutschland’s head of project management for sport. She is a former midfielder, playing for Bayern Munich and Turbine Potsdam […] More
Sky Deutschland’s new child-focused programming series focused on live Bundesliga matches, called Sky Next Generation, is taking off and will move into other major sports later this year. Sky Next […] More
