Norway
CAA Eleven rejects pan-Nordic consortium offer
CAA Eleven busts the pan-Nordic broadcaster consortium to go market by market with the European Qualifiers and Euro 2016
Swedish league defends its closed rights negotiations
The Swedish league explains why it sold its rights without a tender; TV4 Group looks to sell C More.
SweetSpot facing big challenge in battle of Britain
ASO, IMG and Infront all have big cycling ambitions. That could be bad news for UK's SweetSpot
Watching Brief (Vol.52) Special Focus: Skiing – Alpine World Ski Championships
Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews television audiences for the recent Alpine World Ski Championships in key European markets
TV2 extends English football rights in Norway
Norwegian basic-tier and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has extended rights deals for the FA Cup, League Cup and second-tier Championship English club football competitions, according to the Kampanje news…
Rai pays less for Giro rights but RCS still ahead
Rai pays less for Giro rights and more for production, but the real money will be made abroad
Canal Plus fightback gathers pace
Handball deal is latest sign of Canal Plus fightback against aggressive Al Jazeera
Fees up but still no sale in Germany and Austria
Latest Premier League deals
EBU will raise its game, but it might not be enough
Bigger EBU Qualifiers bid may not be enough to win over CAA
TV2 to challenge NRK for biathlon rights
Norwegian basic-tier and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has submitted a bid for International Biathlon Union (IBU) rights, according to the Aftenposten news website
IEC makes breakthrough WTA deals in Europe
IEC makes breakthrough in the UK and Nordics
Infront one step closer to monopoly
Finnish deal takes Infront closer to global control of skiing rights but agency denies that it paid a strategic fee for the rights
FA joins other top football properties on the subs’ bench
Broadcasters find they can live without the FA Cup in hard times
NRK pounces for X Games rights
Norwegian public-service broadcaster NRK has acquired rights for the X Games winter sports series, according to the Kampanje news website.
The deal will run for three years, from 2013 to 2015
IEC closing in on Nordic deal
Nordic WTA talks
TVNorge picks up Europa League rights from C More
Norwegian basic-tier broadcaster TVNorge has acquired rights for Uefa Europa League games from pay-television broadcaster C More Entertainment
Drop in second-party rights prices as Uefa arrives at central solution
Dip in second-party World Cup qualifier values in key markets
Norway’s away qualifiers to be shown on Max
Norwegian basic-tier broadcaster TV Norge has purchased rights for all five of the Norway national football team’s away qualifying games for the 2014 Fifa World Cup.