Nordics
Eurosport opts to showcase Eliteserien across Europe
Discovery-owned international sports broadcaster Eurosport has announced its plans to broadcast Norway’s Eliteserien across its linear and OTT streaming platforms across Europe.
LaLiga begins European rights sales with revenue gains in Nordics, Balkans
LaLiga has started its European sales round strongly, gaining impressive fee increases from both the Nordic and Balkan regions in the first deals since the lifting of the three-season limit.
TV2 and Telia in Norwegian distribution row
Telco Telia's customers in Norway do not currently have access to commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2's channels following on from the pair failing to agree a renewal on their distribution agreement…
Nent restores full channel pricing, resumes sports-rights payments
Pan-Nordic broadcaster Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has reintroduced full pricing for its sports channels in Denmark, Finland and Sweden and will also resume sports-rights payments
Danish women’s football league boosts exposure in new domestic deals
The Danish Elitedivisionen, the top-tier women's football league in the country, has sealed new domestic rights agreements with media group Discovery and sports broadcaster Sport Live
Rivals dent Nent’s Nordic dominance in big money Uefa club deals
Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group’s rivals paid big fees to seal crucial Uefa club competition rights, allowing European football’s governing body to more than double its media-rights income in the Nordics.
Ekstraklasa pens European broadcast deals ahead of restart
Poland’s Ekstraklasa has struck broadcast deals in some key European markets as the league continues its preparations to return to action on May 29 following the Covid-19 shutdown.
Telia seals OTT licensing deal with Discovery
Swedish telco Telia has completed a licensing deal with international media group Discovery for standalone over-the-top streaming rights in Sweden and Finland, part of the conditions imposed upon it for…
TV4 Media continues rights drive with long-term LaLiga deal
Swedish telecoms operator Telia has followed up its acquisition of Uefa Champions League rights with a five-season extension to its LaLiga broadcast rights agreement
Eurosport and DPlay air Covid-19 charity skins in seven European countries
Discovery, the media group and owner of pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport and subscription streaming service Dplay, will broadcast the first live golf since before the Covid-19 pandemic shutdown…
Nordic sales process complete as Telia secures Champions League in Finland and Sweden
Swedish telco Telia has finalised its acquisition of Uefa Champions League rights in both Finland and Sweden, from 2021-22 to 2023-24, as Uefa and its appointed Team Marketing agency wrapped up the club…
TV2 Norway sews up five-year LaLiga rights deal
Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has secured exclusive rights to Spain’s LaLiga from 2021-22 to 2025-26.
TV2 Denmark lands Europa League and extends LaLiga deal further
TV2 Denmark, the government-owned subscription and free-to-air broadcaster, has added rights to Uefa's Europa League and newly-created third-tier Europa Conference League, while extending its recent LaLiga…
TV2 follows Champions League swoop with Faroe Islands football rights deal
Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has enhanced its live sport offering during the Covid-19 shutdown by acquiring rights to the Faroe Islands Premier League, the top tier of club football…
TV2 takes over Champions League rights from Nent in Norway
Commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has acquired Uefa Champions League rights in Norway from 2021-22 onwards, following on from rival Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group's announcement earlier…
Nent says IIHF rights fee refunded, expects same for other cancelled events
The Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent) said today (Thursday) that it has been refunded 100 per cent of its broadcast rights fee for ice hockey’s recently-cancelled 2020 IIHF World Championship.
TV2 nets extension to LaLiga rights in Denmark
Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 has signed a three-season extension to its rights deal with LaLiga, operating body of the top division of Spanish club football
Nent signs on for PDC Home Tour
The Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent) has acquired media rights in the Nordic region to the Professional Darts Corporation’s new Home Tour and is showing action on its Viaplay streaming service.