Nordics

Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Viaplay’s share price dropped a further 27.5 per cent last week, its biggest decline since early June when chief executive Anders Jensen resigned amid a worsening financial situation at the subscription streaming and linear broadcaster.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Commercial Sports Media (CSM) is looking to leverage the fast growth of sports technology companies across the Nordic region with the creation of an investment arm to service the sector
Tennis
Media

TV2, the commercial broadcaster in Norway, has finally got its hands on men's tennis ATP Tour, acquiring an extensive package of rights in a three-year deal
Handball
Media

The Infront agency has taken the decision to launch a streaming platform dedicated to covering European handball's club competitions across the Nordics, after failing to reach agreement with broadcasters…
Football
Media

Fresh off the back of retaining Danish Superliga rights, Viaplay has set its sights on keeping the Uefa Champions League on its screens in Denmark as it plots a path back to profitability
Football
Media

TV2, the government-owned broadcaster in Denmark, and Viaplay have landed domestic media rights to the Danish Superliga in new six-year deals that strengthen the embattled latter's portfolio ahead of any…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Czech investment company PPF Group has bought a 6.3-per-cent stake in Viaplay Group as the embattled streaming broadcaster continues to shift equity
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Allison Kirkby, the president and chief executive of Swedish telco Telia, has been named as the new chief executive of BT Group and will take up her new role by the end of January 2024 at the latest
Football
Media

Norwegian broadcaster TV2 suffered a deficit of NOK51.7m (€4.6m/$5.1m) in 2022 as the English Premier League disappeared from its schedules following the loss of the rights to pay-TV broadcaster Viaplay.
Road Cycling
Media

One of the most intense head-to-head battles in recent years in road cycling had the knock-on effect of producing stellar television ratings for this year’s Tour de France in the three key contributing m…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Viaplay is to exit the UK, US and Baltics markets and make 25 per cent of its employees redundant as part of massive cost-cutting measures, the Nordic media giant announced today (Thursday)
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Viaplay Group, the embattled international subscription streaming service and broadcaster, has introduced a Nordic country-based operating model, amid more changes to its executive management team
Tennis
Media

Chinese media group Shinai Sports has signed a two-year extension to its media rights deal for the Wimbledon tennis grand slam
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Peter Nørrelund has returned to the role of Viaplay’s chief sports officer just two and a half months after resigning from the position.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Viaplay has announced the resignation of group chief executive and president Anders Jensen as the subscription streaming and linear broadcaster predicts wider-than-expected international losses and curtailed…
Football
Media

The European Broadcasting Union’s 12-market deal with DAZN for sublicensed rights to the Uefa Women’s Champions League final includes commitments from public broadcasters in the Nordic countries of Fin…
Tennis
Media

TV2, the commercial broadcaster in Denmark, will continue to show men's tennis' ATP Tour until the end of the 2026 season, after securing a new rights agreement
Football
Media

The Danish Superliga will not be on the screens of channels owned by Warner Bros. Discovery in Denmark from 2024-25, after the incumbent rights-holder did not submit a bid by the May 10 deadline