Nordics

Sportkanalen, the new sports channel that has been launched by Swedish pay-television broadcaster C More, has acquired rights for the North American NBA basketball league.

Multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group has acquired exclusive rights in Denmark to boxing’s world heavyweight title clash between Anthony Joshua and Carlos Takam.

Norwegian media company Amedia has agreed a five-year deal for rights to the Toppserien, the top division of domestic women’s football.

Swedish pay-television broadcaster C More has confirmed that its new sports channel will launch tomorrow (Saturday) as part of a new Standard Sport package.

Uefa has increased the value of Europa League media rights in Scandinavia by about 45 per cent in deals with TV2 in Norway and Discovery Communications in Denmark and Sweden.

The ATP is earning less from market-by-market sales in the Nordics than from the last cycle’s pan-regional deal, after Modern Times Group added World Tour rights in Norway and Sweden to its earlier Denmark deal last month. A separate deal has also been agreed in Finland with MTV3.

Laola1.tv is not paying an upfront fee to MP & Silva for German Bundesliga rights in the Nordics and Romania, with the two hoping to earn revenue from sponsorship and advertising.

Spring Media, the Stockholm-based agency, has struck a deal to distribute the media rights of the Elitserien, the top tier of Swedish speedway, on an exclusive basis.

Sports and betting-related services company Sportradar has agreed a deal to stream live coverage of German football’s Bundesliga in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in the Nordics, as well as Romania.

Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has acquired rights to the Europa League, the second-tier competition operated by European football’s governing body Uefa.

Multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group has acquired rights in Sweden and Norway to the Association of Tennis Professionals’ World Tour Masters 1000 series of tournaments and the season-ending ATP Finals.

Swedish pay-television broadcaster C More has said it will launch a new channel on October 14.

Multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group has acquired rights in the Baltic and Nordic regions to the inaugural edition of the World Boxing Super Series annual elimination tournament.

Viasat, the pay-television operator run by multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group, has opted to revamp its sports offering in Norway by introducing four new channels under the Viasport banner.

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired Champions Hockey League rights in Poland while Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has also become a rights-holder for the European ice hockey competition.

Multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group has extended an agreement for exclusive rights in the Nordic region to Germany’s Handball-Bundesliga.