Nordics

Uefa does good business for Euro 2016 in Sweden and Hong Kong

Pan-regional sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a two-year extension, covering the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons, to its rights deal for German football’s Bundesliga across 22 territories in the Nordic region as well as central and eastern Europe.

Satellite-television provider Canal Digital Sweden has formed a joint venture with the National Federation of People's Parks and Community Centres (FHP) to show live sport in Swedish cinemas.

Swedish commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV4 has signed a one-year extension to its rights deal for Ligue 1, the top division of French football.

Swedish public-service broadcaster SVT and commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV4 have acquired rights for the Uefa Euro 2016 national team football tournament, which will take place in France.

Fear of SBS and pressure from TV2 in Norway pushes MTG to pay more for the Uefa Champions League

Interview with Peter Nørrelund, head of sport at multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group, on the company’s renewal of Champions League rights in Scandinavia

Pan-Nordic media company Modern Times Group’s Viasat pay-television channels will retain exclusive rights in Sweden for the 2014 winter Olympic Games after public-service broadcaster SVT and commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV4 failed to agree sub-licensing deals for the event in Sochi, Russia.

The CAA Eleven agency has launched invitations to tender for the media rights in Iceland to European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournaments.

Two new deals push Bundesliga towards aggressive international media rights fee target

Specialist international equestrian sports and lifestyle television channel Horse & Country TV has announced it will launch in Sweden in October.

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines live television audiences in key European markets for the centenary edition of cycling’s Tour de France T

Uefa, football’s European governing body, has invited bids for the media rights in Denmark, Norway and Sweden to the Uefa Champions League and Super Cup club football competitions.

Interview with Johan Kleberg, chief executive of pay-television operator C More Entertainment, on the broadcaster's financial difficulties and its future sports rights strategy.

C More is still in the market for top sport despite losses

CAA Eleven enjoys fee increase for Euro 2016 in Norway