After nearly 30 years of RTL on the Live broadcast of the formula 1 race. The station announced on Sunday morning. The reason: the cost. Joerg Graf, RTL managing Director, said: “The competition for the TV rights has changed, the market is overheated, and thus is quite ambitious, yet economically viable framework to leave, we have set ourselves.” We will concentrate in the future on the football as a TV sport. The last race will show the RTL at the end of this season live. With the Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi, a Chapter in German TV history ends unquestionably. Around four million viewers on average tuned in last at the races on RTL.
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RTL also announced that a base in outdoing the competition of new national and international players, and the associated aim to lead the Premium sports rights exclusively to Pay TV. Indeed, it is now conceivable that the tradition sports formula 1 will no longer be seen in the free-to-air TV. Currently, Sky shows in addition to RTL the race.
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RTL has the rights for matches of the national team, as well as for the UEFA Europa League and the newly created UEFA Europa Conference League. The media group had secured at the beginning of the year, access to all 282 games of the season 2021 to 2024.
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