Telekom becomes a premium partner DEB
SPORT1 and Telekom Sport will broadcast all international matches of the German national team up to and including 2024. A corresponding agreement has been reached between SPORT1 and the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund (Deutscher Eishockey-Bund eV (DEB). In addition, even more ice hockey fans and sports enthusiasts will be reached in the future. DEB will also cooperate with Telekom Germany. This means: The international matches of the German national team can also be seen free of charge on the Telekom Sport platform.
To mark the start of the comprehensive collaboration, SPORT1 and Telekom Sport will broadcast the Deutschland Cup 2018 from November 8th to 11th, 2018. The German national team's games can be seen on free TV on SPORT1 and on Telekom Sport. Telekom Sport will also broadcast the three other tournament games from the participating nations Russia, Slovakia and Switzerland. Presenter Sascha Bandermann, commentator Basti Schwele and expert Rick Goldmann are on duty at the microphone on both SPORT1 and Telekom Sport.
The agreement between the DEB and Telekom includes, in addition to the media rights, a comprehensive marketing cooperation. The Dax group will present its premium partner and this commitment, among other things, on the national team's player pants. Further marketing and licensing rights for the national ice hockey team and the young talent teams round off the partnership.
The cooperation of the DEB with SPORT1 and Telekom Sport includes the annual event Deutschland Cup the broadcasts of six additional international matches per year. SPORT1 and Telekom Sport will do this DEB as an official media partner with comprehensive reporting on TV, online, mobile and social media channels. The partners also agreed on further technical innovations: in the future, highlights will be shown during the game DEB Social media channels, and game summaries follow shortly after the end of the game.
Olaf Schröder, CEO of Constantin Medien AG and CEO of Sport1 GmbH: “The national team celebrated the greatest success in its history this year and sparked huge enthusiasm for ice hockey in Germany. Also the future prospects of the DEBteams are promising. Together with Telekom, we will give the Olympic heroes the big stage they deserve on all media platforms in the long term. In our 'Home of Hockey' on SPORT1, we will continue to offer ice hockey fans in Germany all relevant competitions live - including the Ice Hockey World Championship, the Deutschland Cup and international matches, the DEL, the Champions Hockey League and the NHL.”
Dr. Henning Stiegenroth, Head of Sports Marketing Telekom Germany: “We are very pleased about the long-term cooperation with him DEBWith the games of the German national ice hockey team in addition to our broadcasts of the German Ice Hockey League, we are once again expanding the largest ice hockey live sports offering for all sports fans in Germany and will continue to develop ice hockey as an attractive TV sport."
Franz Reindl, President of the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund. V: “We are happy and proud to be able to present all the games of our successful national team both on SPORT1 and free of charge on Telekom Sport. In addition to the inspiring team of experts, we are particularly pleased about the further distribution via Telekom. In this way we fulfill the ice hockeyFans a great wish and give our sport the long-term, high-class platform it deserves.”
Deutschland Cup 2018: Live on SPORT1 on free TV and on Telekom Sport
The Deutschland Cup 2018 will be held for the first time this year from November 8th to 11th at the KönigPALAST in Krefeld. SPORT1 shows the games DEB-Selection on Thursday, November 8th, against last year's winner Russia live from 18:55 p.m. - the new edition of the Olympic final in Pyeongchang - and on Saturday, November 10th, against Switzerland live from 13:25 p.m. as well as the game on Sunday, November 11th, against Slovakia from 19:00 p.m. in highlights on free TV. Telekom Sport will also broadcast the other tournament games without German participation.
Transfer plan Deutschland Cup 2018
November 08.11.2018th, 15, 30:XNUMX p.m.: Slovakia – Switzerland (Telekom Sport)
November 08.11.2018th, 19, 00:1 p.m.: Germany – Russia (SPORTXNUMX and Telekom Sport)
November 10.11.2018, 13, 30:1 p.m.: Germany – Switzerland (SPORTXNUMX and Telekom Sport)
November 10.11.2018, 17, 00:XNUMX p.m.: Russia – Slovakia (Telekom Sport)
November 11.11.2018, 11, 00:XNUMX a.m.: Switzerland – Russia (Telekom Sport)
November 11.11.2018, 14, 30:XNUMX p.m.: Germany – Slovakia (Telekom Sport)
Information on using Telekom Sport
Telekom Sport's offering can be used regardless of provider: All content is available to customers via the MagentaTV TV offering, as well as on telekomsport.de on the web or via the Telekom Sport apps for tablets, smartphones, TV streaming and smart TV. Sports fans can use the offering to watch all games from the 3rd division, the Basketball Bundesliga and the German Ice Hockey League, among others. Telekom customers receive the offer free of charge for 12 months; for customers without a Telekom contract, Telekom Sport is available as an annual subscription for €9,95 per month.