Nordics

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired rights in the Nordic region for the 2014 ATP Stockholm Open men’s tennis tournament.

Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 last week agreed a deal for National Basketball Association rights to bolster its sport content ahead of the launch of its dedicated sports channel.

Modern Times Group said this week that the emergence of Nordic drivers in Formula One was transforming the championship into a “magnificent” media rights property.

Pan-Nordic basic-tier and pay-television broadcaster SBS Discovery Media has agreed a partnership with Danish website Bold.dk to provide rights to clips from the Premier League and other English football competitions.

Modern Times Group, the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, has signed three-year extensions to its exclusive rights deals for the Formula One motor-racing championship in multiple Scandinavian and Baltic markets.

Swedish commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV4 has acquired rights for various American football events in the country over the next two years.

The CAA Eleven agency completed a host of new deals for Uefa European Qualifiers rights at the end of July, with strong results in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.

Danish commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has announced it is to launch a new sports channel early next year.

Kentaro AB has appealed a decision by the Stockholm District Court in Sweden to place the Swedish division of the Kentaro agency into bankruptcy, according to the Aftonbladet news website.

Modern Times Group-owned pay-television broadcaster Viasat has acquired the rights in Norway to the national football team’s friendly game against England on September 3.

Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has acquired rights to new pan-European club ice hockey competition the Champions Hockey League.

Uefa, European football’s governing body, has agreed a host of rights deals for the European qualifying games for the Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup national team tournaments.

A new sports marketing agency has been launched in Sweden and will be led by David Nilsson, a senior executive at the IEC in Sports agency.

The Danish Superliga has increased its domestic rights fee despite limited competition by offering its rights for six years – an option opened up by a change in policy by the country’s competition authority.

Interview with Peter Nørrelund, head of sport for commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group, on the broadcaster’s deal for Danish Superliga football rights from 2015-16 to 2020-21.

Interview with Claus Thomsen, chief executive of the Divisionsforeningen, the body which sells Danish Superliga rights, on the league’s six-year deals with Modern Times Group and SBS Discovery Media.