Sports fans in Germany can now access Sky Deutschland’s premium live sports offering – including Bundesliga – on Amazon Prime ...

Sky Deutschland comprises operations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, also known as the DACH countries. Speculation has been rife about a sale of the business to German media giant ProSiebenSat.1.

Comcast, Sky’s parent firm since 2018, has been looking to sell Sky Deutschland for several years. The German subsidiary has never made a profit but it is expected to break even this year.

Sky Deutschland has been acquired by RTL, ending years of speculation on its future and representing RTL’s biggest ever buy. The channel group paid €150M ($175M) for Sky’s German arm ...

The planned deal would see BSkyB pay $4.7 billion for Fox’s 57 percent stake in Sky Deutschland and take over full control of Italian pay-TV platform Sky Italia from Fox for around $4.1 billion.

Sky Deutschland has launched a multi-pronged attack to draw in more subscribers for its pay platform, including a dedicated iPad application and investment in original, German content.

Sky also surpassed the 3 million subscriber mark. “In 2011 we delivered a number of key milestones in building our business for a profitable future,” said Sky Deutschland CEO Brian Sullivan.

Sky Deutschland is giving Munich Games, its six-part political thriller from creator and writer Michal Aviram (Fauda), director Philipp Kadelbach and writer Martin Behnke.

Devesh Raj, CEO Sky Deutschland, added: “We are thrilled to continue our successful cooperation with Leonine Studios. This multi-year licensing partnership will include an impressive line-up of ...