Nordics

Football

Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 has offered to introduce a Video Assistant Referee system for domestic football competitions for when it takes over the broadcast rights in 2023
Football

Tuesday evening’s heavyweight Uefa European Championship clash between Germany and World Cup holders France attracted bumper audiences on free-to-air broadcasters in both countries.
Motorsport

Spring Media, the Stockholm-based agency, has extended its agreement to commercialise the broadcast rights and improve broadcast exposure for Sweden’s top speedway league.
Ice Hockey

Sportway, the Stockholm-based automated production and live streaming firm, has reached an agreement with the Danish Ice Hockey Union (DIU) to install artificial intelligence camera production infrastructure…
Football

Media company the Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group) has secured exclusive media rights to broadcast the 2021 and 2024 editions of the Copa América in multiple countries through its Viaplay subscription …
Football

NRK Sports, the sports division of Norwegian public broadcaster NRK, has agreed a deal with artificial intelligence company WSC Sports to deliver automated real-time highlights of its coverage of the forthcoming…
Motorsport

The Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has acquired rights in nine countries for the W Series and three other motorsport series
Horse Racing

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports, the Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group and subscription broadcaster Sport TV are among the broadcasters to have acquired rights to this year’s edition of Royal A…
Football

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has banked on the German Bundesliga to be a central pillar of its expansion across Europe, as the company’s EVP and head of expansion and sport Peter Nørrelund told SportBusiness Media he believes in the league’s “prosperous future” and the broadcaster’s ability to monetise the rights.

Peter Nørrelund, EVP and head of expansion and sport, NENT Group speaks to SportBusiness Media about the media group's new eight-season deal with the Bundesliga, its ability to monetise exclusive rights, and and the features of a Nent target market.
Tennis

C More, the Telia-owned pay-television broadcaster, and Sportkanalen, its Swedish sports channel, have acquired domestic broadcast rights to the Nordea Open, a Swedish ATP 250 and WTA 125 event on the…
Multi-sport

The Spring Media agency has unified its production offering through merging its in-house capabilities with the production business of its subsidiary, Sportacentrs
Motorsport

Pay-per-view and subscription-based sports streaming service Fanseat has agreed a two-year deal with Elite Speedway Sweden for the global rights to its top-tier competition, the Elitserien
Multi-sport

Media company Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has agreed a five-year rights deal across nine countries with events promotion company Matchroom Sport
Football

The German Bundesliga has agreed to extend its broadcast rights deal with media company Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group for a further four seasons before the forthcoming cycle beginning in 2021-22 has…
Ice Hockey

Sportway, the Stockholm-based automated production and live streaming firm, is to install artificial intelligence camera production infrastructure in 70 ice hockey arenas across Finland in a deal with…
Multi-sport

Sportway, the Stockholm-based automated production and live streaming firm, has made two additions to its commercial team, including Ludvig Gårdebäck, a former broadcast rights sales executive at the L…
Football

Sports streaming service Fanseat has acquired rights to show Asian Football Confederation major national and club team tournaments for 2021 and 2022