Finland

Finnish commercial and pay-television broadcaster Nelonen is set to reduce its investment in sports rights, experts say, following its move to cut jobs and dismantle its sport department.

Commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group has acquired rights in the Nordic region for North America’s Major League Baseball World Series.

Strong competition in the Nordics between established media groups and an as-yet unidentified player helped the Premier League double its income in the region – continuing the remarkable start to its new international sales cycle.

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired rights in seven countries for the 2015-16 Formula E Championship electric car-racing series.

Media company CSI Sports, the owner of Fight Sports, has struck carriage deals for the pay-television channel in Finland, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Finnish telecommunications company Elisa has acquired rights for the Uefa European qualifiers rights and the governing body’s 2015 U-21 European Championships.

Modern Times Group this month capitalised on a U-turn by MTV3 to pick up the pay-television rights to the Uefa Champions League in Finland.

Modern Times Group, the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, has acquired rights to the Uefa Champions League in Finland, while public-service broadcaster YLE has retained its rights to the European club football competition.

Modern Times Group, the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, has secured the exclusive Nordic rights to the highly anticipated boxing bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.

Uefa is in difficult discussions over a deal for Champions League rights in Finland after an initial deal collapsed, TV Sports Markets understands

Organisers of the Baku 2015 European Games have signed broadcast rights partners in Greece and Finland for the inaugural edition of the multi-sport event.

The Fight Sports pay-television channel will launch in Sweden and Finland after media company CSI Sports, the owner of the channel, agreed a carriage deal with telecommunications company TeliaSonera.

European club ice hockey competition the Kontinental Hockey League has strengthened its global footprint with the Ufa Sports agency securing a host of new broadcast rights deals.

The CAA Eleven agency completed a host of new deals for Uefa European Qualifiers rights at the end of July, with strong results in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.

Uefa, European football’s governing body, has agreed a host of rights deals for the European qualifying games for the Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup national team tournaments.

Finnish pay-television sports broadcaster UrhoTV has today suspended its operations due to financial difficulties.