Finland

EBU pays healthy increase for World Cup despite recession

Two-way battle in Finland

MP & Silva doubles up in France with league rights

The SM Liiga, Finland’s top-tier ice hockey competition, said that it was interested in signing only long-term domestic rights deals beyond its current contract, which ends next season.

Clawing back 3pm matches could be costly for league

NFL set to follow Nordic deal with IMG Media renewal

EBU splits again over World Cup bids

Modern Times Group, the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, extended its rights in the Nordics for American football’s National Football League in a five-year deal, from 2012-13 t…

Fifa maintains free-to-air commitments for 2018-2022; Five markets, but no rights, carved out of European tender

American Football: The NFL Network, the pay-television broadcaster owned by the NFL, agreed a content deal with Outcast, operators of a petrol station digital TV network with 12,000 screens in stations…

Football: The ISM agency acquired the rights in Indonesia to the 2014 Fifa World Cup in a deal worth $55m (€40m). ISM sold the rights to the Bakrie Group for about $60m (page 9).

Medge/AMI break the ice with big MTG deal in the Nordics

EBU members wary as ORF lowballing nearly backfires

Italy games heading for pay-TV

F1 teams seem happy to take Sky money as BBC slashes costs...Big C4 bid confirms the return to the market of a major player

Medge/AMI race the clock in Europe but NHL is relaxed