More money for the Bundesliga

The efforts of recent days were Christian Seifert (39) to be. But the troubles have opted for the managing director of the German Football League (DFL) seems worth it, so proud as he yesterday the new television contract presented to the clubs early as never before a new contract start planning certainty. "We have extracted, which the German market is currently being made," Seifert said after the negotiations with a total of 19 bidders, which in most cases took place fairly. " Overall, 1.65 billion euros quash the 36 clubs in the Bundesliga and Second League in the next four years, with 412 million per year despite the global financial crisis even more than seven million so far. The gap with the leagues in England (2.18 billion euros for three years) or France (668 million euros per season) could not be shortened. "Under the circumstances, I think that the results of the DFL's managing director for excellent", nevertheless praised Bayern Munich chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. "In addition, it is ensured that it remains a balanced mix between pay and free TV there. The new impetus on Saturday at 18.30 clock is the Bundesliga for their viewers and the TV still offer value." Live show will continue to pay all games at the broadcaster Premiere, for the Sunday games will be to create greater exclusivity from August impetus different times used. The ARD is showing the first summaries on free-TV on Saturday (before 20:00 clock) and Sundays (21.45) each in the "Sports Show", in the ZDF "gym" Saturdays are the first pictures of newly introduced, at 18.30 clock angepfiffenen top game see where each club but only a maximum of six must be taken into account. The ARD also acquired the rights for the opening games of the outward and Rückrunde and the relegation game between the third last in the Bundesliga and the third of the Second League. The initial recovery in the Bundesliga has adopted the German Sports Television (DSF), which so far on Sunday evening had offered a summary. The channels remain in the Second League with summaries on Friday and Sunday, as well as with the Live-Monday at the ball game In Web TV will also premiere transfers, in IPTV, Deutsche Telekom continued to rights. Its foreign revenue in television, the DFL after their announcements on the future 37 million euros per season instead of 18 million euros. On the investments of individual broadcasters, the DFL no details, including the managers of public broadcasters wanted to make any pronouncement. But experts suspect that the ARD in the first three-digit million range pays. Seifert said, however, that the partners had to provide financial guarantees. This should especially in depressed broadcaster Premiere, which the rights under their own figures, only 225 million euros and in the last year of even 275 million cost can be an important issue soon. Ultimately, the offer negotiated by the General Assembly with an overwhelming 'yes' result "(DFL president Reinhard Rauball) stamped, although the term is now four instead of the required three years. "The club can satisfy their partners and sponsors even more presence on the television show and the ranges significantly increase," said Werder Bremen's managing director Manfred Mueller, there was agreement but also of smaller clubs. "Given the economic situation is an excellent result, even if we as Zweitligist with the early impetus times in a sour apple must bite," said Stefan Kuntz, the Chairman of the 1st FC Kaiserslautern. After the assembly announced the DFL also involved - as the German Football Federation (DFB) - The Federal Cartel Office to sue. The Cartel Office had the "urgent recommendation" pronounced, the summary the Saturday games in the Bundesliga before 20:00 clock continues to broadcast. This was the 500-million-euro contract between the league and the Kirch company Sirius the foundation has been withdrawn. Furthermore, officials of the cartel office under the administrative proceedings because of anti-competitive agreements on 26 February a house search in the premises of the DFB and DFL and documents were seized. "We will continue to examine its legality," said DFL president Rauball. "By the Bundeskartellamt, we had unintelligible targets to programming. That has us enormously restricted. The restrictive provisions have also beaten Score settled."