Nordics
New 365 owner pays up to retain hold on Uefa club competitions
Media group 365 has retained its grip on Uefa Champions League and Europa League media rights in Iceland, paying an increase of about 50 per cent.
Denmark’s TV2 signs long-term IAAF rights deal
Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 has agreed a six-year rights deal for events operated by the International Association of Athletics Federations.
Strong agency competition helps LaLiga grow revenues in Europe
Competition between sports-rights agencies has helped Spain’s LaLiga grow the value of its media rights in several new deals across Europe.
TDC steps back from MTG takeover deal
Danish telco TDC has today (Monday) said it intends to exit a proposed deal to take over multi-territory commercial and pay-television company Modern Times Group’s broadcasting and entertainment division after being approached with a takeover offer for its own business.
TDC to snap up MTG’s broadcasting and entertainment business
Danish telco TDC has agreed to take over multi-territory commercial and pay-television company Modern Times Group’s broadcasting and entertainment business in a deal worth SDK19.55bn (€2bn/$2.5bn).
French and Finnish broadcasters seal World Rallycross deals
Rights for the World Rallycross Championship motor-racing series have been awarded in France in Finland.
MTG retains rights to key golf properties under European Tour deal
Multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group has extended its rights deal with golf’s European Tour under an agreement that secures exclusive Nordic media rights to a host of the sport’s top properties.
MTV extends deal as MotoGP prepares for Finland return
Pay-television broadcaster MTV Finland has agreed a one-season extension to its rights deal for MotoGP as the motorcycling championship prepares to return to the country next year.
Fight Sports seals karate rights, Sanoma carriage deal
Pay-television channel Fight Sports has sealed a rights deal with the World Karate Federation and secured a carriage agreement with Nordic and Finnish media company Sanoma.
Liga ACB expands into Iceland with Sport TV deal
Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain, has secured coverage in Iceland for the first time under a new rights deal with broadcaster Sport TV.
Tele2 seals Com Hem takeover
Swedish telco Tele2 has struck a deal to take over cable-television operator Com Hem in a $3.2bn (€2.7bn) deal.
Discovery takes exclusive FA Cup rights in Sweden
The Discovery Networks Sweden division of media company Discovery Networks International has acquired exclusive rights to English club football competition the FA Cup.
DNA extends deal to carry Eurosport channels
Finnish telco DNA has struck a deal to extend carriage of pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport’s channels.
Sportkanalen expands reach in Sweden
Sportkanalen, the new sports channel that has been launched by Swedish pay-television broadcaster C More, has struck a carriage deal with the Com Hem and Boxer pay-television platforms.
MTG nets rights to Futsal Euro 2018
Multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group has acquired exclusive Nordic media rights to the Uefa Futsal Euro 2018 national team tournament.
Finnish operator takes issue with Discovery over carriage fees
Finnish telco DNA has become the latest operator to enter a carriage dispute with media company Discovery Communications and its pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport.
Fifa and MP & Silva struggle in Italy as TV4 anticipates jackpot
Rai, Mediaset and Sky were all expected to bid this week for a cut-price 2018 Fifa World Cup. The rights in Italy have plummeted in value since the national team failed to qualify for the tournament, losing a play-off to Sweden.
Sunset+Vine retains Sailing World Championships contract
UK production company Sunset+Vine has extended its association with World Sailing after being appointed as the host broadcast and distribution partner for its 2018 World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark.