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RTL to cease Formula 1 broadcasts in Germany
German free-to-air broadcaster RTL have announced that they will end their agreement with Formula 1 at the end of the season. The company have broadcasted Formula 1 continuously since 1991, and in 2017 signed an extension until the end of the 2020 season. But that will be the final contract signed between both parties with financial reasons the cause for RTL relinquishing the rights. In a statement RTL’s Head of Sport, Manfred Loppe said: “When you have competitors in the game who are prepared to offer double as much as you can then you are forced into a position of having to withdraw.” But he added that RTL “still obviously wants to try in the future to present attractive sporting...
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