Nordics

Pan-Nordic basic-tier and pay-television broadcaster SBS Discovery Media has said it has no intention of acquiring the Norwegian rights to ice hockey’s 2014 World Championship, according to the VG newspaper.

Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports and Finnish public-service broadcaster YLE have acquired rights to the forthcoming World Fly Fishing Championship.

Pay-television broadcaster Viasat, operated by pan-Nordic media company Modern Times Group, has acquired online rights in Sweden for the country’s top-tier Allsvenskan football league in a sub-licensing deal with C More Entertainment, the premium pay-television arm of media company TV4 Group, according to the Expressen news website.

Norwegian basic-tier and pay-television broadcaster TV2 and public-service broadcaster NRK have acquired rights for the Uefa Euro 2016 national team football tournament.

European Qualifiers deal is first sign that Discovery will stimulate Nordic market

Pan-Nordic basic-tier and pay-television broadcaster SBS Discovery Media has acquired the exclusive rights in Denmark, Norway and Sweden to all European qualifying matches for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup football competitions.

Danish pay-television broadcaster TV3 has agreed a digital sports rights partnership with the Ekstra Bladet newspaper, according to the Mediawatch.dk website.

Norwegian public-service broadcaster NRK has acquired rights for International Biathlon Union (IBU) events in a four-year deal, according to the Kampanje news website.

Satellite television channel Horse & Country TV is to launch in Sweden later this month via cloud-based television delivery and over-the-top service Magine.

CAA Eleven busts the pan-Nordic broadcaster consortium to go market by market with the European Qualifiers and Euro 2016

The Swedish league explains why it sold its rights without a tender; TV4 Group looks to sell C More.

ASO, IMG and Infront all have big cycling ambitions. That could be bad news for UK's SweetSpot

The English Premier League, the top division of football in the country, has awarded exclusive rights in Finland to commercial and pay-television broadcaster MTV Media

Swedish commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV4 Group has retained rights for the Allsvenskan and SuperEttan, the top two divisions of football in Sweden

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews television audiences for the recent Alpine World Ski Championships in key European markets

C More pays a little more for ice hockey to fend off rival bidders