Scandinavia

Swedish media company Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has agreed a three-season extension to its rights deal in Sweden, Denmark and Norway for the Formula One motor-racing championship.

Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has said it will launch a new sports channel in August.

Stockholm-based agency Spring Media has launched a new OTT channel to provide coverage of Swedish speedway events on a global basis.

Swedish media company Modern Times Group has acquired rights in Norway to the 2018 Ice Hockey World Championship.

Swedish media company Modern Times Group has today (Friday) said it will split into two entities following the collapse of a proposed takeover deal.

Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 has agreed a six-year rights deal for events operated by the International Association of Athletics Federations.

Danish telco TDC has today (Monday) said it intends to exit a proposed deal to take over multi-territory commercial and pay-television company Modern Times Group’s broadcasting and entertainment division after being approached with a takeover offer for its own business.

Swedish telco Tele2 has struck a deal to take over cable-television operator Com Hem in a $3.2bn (€2.7bn) deal.

The Discovery Networks Sweden division of media company Discovery Networks International has acquired exclusive rights to English club football competition the FA Cup.

Sportkanalen, the new sports channel that has been launched by Swedish pay-television broadcaster C More, has struck a carriage deal with the Com Hem and Boxer pay-television platforms.

Multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group has acquired exclusive Nordic media rights to the Uefa Futsal Euro 2018 national team tournament.

Rai, Mediaset and Sky were all expected to bid this week for a cut-price 2018 Fifa World Cup. The rights in Italy have plummeted in value since the national team failed to qualify for the tournament, losing a play-off to Sweden.

UK production company Sunset+Vine has extended its association with World Sailing after being appointed as the host broadcast and distribution partner for its 2018 World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark.

The Discovery Nordics division of media company Discovery Networks International has acquired rights in Sweden to the Ski Classics long-distance skiing championship.

Swedish media group Bonnier Broadcasting and multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group have hailed a new carriage deal that will see the former’s C More pay-television channels carried by the latter’s pay-television operator, Viasat, for the first time.

Swedish pay-television broadcaster C More Entertainment has agreed a deal to show live coverage of Premiership Rugby, England’s top division of club rugby union, in the Scandinavian country for the first time.