Norway

Clawing back 3pm matches could be costly for league

NFL set to follow Nordic deal with IMG Media renewal

Modern Times Group, the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, extended its rights in the Nordics for American football’s National Football League in a five-year deal, from 2012-13 t…

Nordic 3pm resistance could be costly for Premier League

Pan-regional broadcaster Modern Times Group agreed a five-year deal, from 2012 to 2016, with the German-based boxing promoter Sauerland Event for rights to between five and seven events a year

Norwegian basic-tier and commercial broadcaster TV2 acquired rights for domestic harness racing, a form of horse racing, in a deal with Norsk Ristoto, the company which has the concession to handle all…

Norwegian public-service broadcaster NRK acquired the rights for 10 matches from the Uefa Euro 2012 football tournament through a sub-licensing deal with pan-Nordic pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus

Football: Korean IPTV broadcaster Spo TV acquired the rights to the Uefa Champions League and Europa League for the three-year period from 2012-13 to 2014-15 for $11.1m (€8m) (page 2).

Norway's football clubs benefit from competitive rights market

Football: Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed deals in the US, Canada, selected territories in Asia and Australia for its events covering the period 2015 to 2022 (see story this issue).

Basketball: US Asian-focused sports network One World Sports acquired exclusive rights for Chinese basketball’s top-tier league, the CBA, in a multi-year deal with the Infront Sports & Media agency, m…

Action Sports: Apparent Gravity Media, the US-based distributor of action sports and motorsports, agreed a number of deals for the Dew Action Sports Tour and the AMA Motocross Championship series

Medge/AMI break the ice with big MTG deal in the Nordics

EBU members wary as ORF lowballing nearly backfires

Kentaro hits the German jackpot, Sportfive stoical on draw

Medge/AMI race the clock in Europe but NHL is relaxed

Football: Korean media group SBS acquired the rights to the 2018 and 2022 Fifa World Cups in a deal worth between $180m (€124m) and $200m (see story this issue).