Nordics

Esports

Leading European broadcasters of esports competitions have called for improved guarantees over scheduling and the world feed to be provided by organisers and promoters in order to justify rising rights…
Boxing

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has acquired exclusive rights in the Nordic region to next month’s boxing world title rematch between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury.
Esports

Norwegian free-to-air broadcaster TV2 has agreed a four-season extension to its rights deal for the Telialigaen, the country’s national esports league.
Handball

The Norwegian arm of US media group Discovery has acquired rights to the men’s and women’s qualifying tournaments for the handball competitions at the 2020 summer Olympic Games.
Padel

The Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has acquired rights for the World Padel Tour, a global organiser of events featuring the racquet sport, which is popular in Spanish-speaking countries
Football

The Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group will increase the exposure of Denmark’s 1st Division, the second-tier football league in the country, by broadcasting all matches on its Viaplay streaming service.
Football

The English Premier League has launched the first international media-rights tender of its new sales cycle, going early in the Nordics and offering up the opportunity to bid for six seasons – the first time it has done so in Europe.
Football

Broadcasters in the Nordic region have been invited to bid for English Premier League rights over six seasons, from 2022-23 to 2027-28, as well as across the hitherto standard length of three seasons,…
Handball

The Infront agency has said the European Handball Federation’s men’s Euro 2020 will be covered by 85 broadcasters across the world as it commenced today (Thursday).
Football

Discovery, the international broadcaster that owns Eurosport, has acquired rights in the Norway to the Spanish Supercopa club football competition
Football

Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 has acquired exclusive rights to a trio of friendly matches featuring Borussia Dortmund as Norway’s star striker Erling Braut Haaland prepares to make his debut for t…
Football

The English Premier League is inviting bids in the Nordic region for broadcast rights from the 2022-23 season onwards
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

Media company Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has agreed a multi-year extension to its rights deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the Endeavor-owned mixed martial arts promotion
Motorsport

The Spring Media agency has agreed a deal with the Nordic-based STCC for exclusive media-rights distribution of the touring car championship in Nordic markets
Multi-sport

Danish public-service broadcaster DR and Discovery Networks Denmark have settled on the split of their exclusive television coverage for next year’s summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, with the former having m…
Multi-sport

Swedish cable television operator Com Hem has today (Thursday) claimed its carriage dispute with telco Telia “is not a matter of price”, after the country’s largest commercial broadcaster, TV4, and siste…
Multi-sport

Media company Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has said it will take a SEK700m (€66.3m/$73.4
Skiing

Finnish public-service broadcaster YLE has renewed a rights agreement for the Ski Classics series of long-distance skiing events