Nordics

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.

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, 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.

Swedish telco Tele2 has struck a deal to take over cable-television operator Com Hem in a $3.2bn (€2.7bn) deal.

The Discovery Networks Sweden division of media company Discovery Networks International has acquired exclusive rights to English club football competition the FA Cup.

Finnish telco DNA has struck a deal to extend carriage of pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport’s channels.

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.

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 telco DNA has become the latest operator to enter a carriage dispute with media company Discovery Communications and its pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport.

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.

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.

The Discovery Nordics division of media company Discovery Networks International has acquired rights in Sweden to the Ski Classics long-distance skiing championship.

Swedish media group Bonnier Broadcasting and multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group have hailed a new carriage deal that will see the former’s C More pay-television channels carried by the latter’s pay-television operator, Viasat, for the first time.

Swedish pay-television broadcaster C More Entertainment has agreed a deal to show live coverage of Premiership Rugby, England’s top division of club rugby union, in the Scandinavian country for the first time.

Ski Sport Finland has signed a long-term extension to its international media rights partnership with the Infront Sports & Media agency.

Swedish communications technology company Ericsson has resurrected the Red Bee Media name after opting to rebrand its Broadcast and Media Services business.