Scandinavia
Ericsson resurrects Red Bee Media brand
Swedish communications technology company Ericsson has resurrected the Red Bee Media name after opting to rebrand its Broadcast and Media Services business.
SVT takes rights to World Team Table Tennis Championships
Swedish public-service broadcaster SVT has picked up rights to the International Table Tennis Federation’s 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships, which will take place in Halmstad, Sweden.
Liga ACB breaks into Nordic market with OZ deal
Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain, has secured coverage in the Nordic market for the first time under a deal with OTT video content platform OZ.
Sportkanalen picks up NBA rights
Sportkanalen, the new sports channel that has been launched by Swedish pay-television broadcaster C More, has acquired rights for the North American NBA basketball league.
MTG lands rights to Joshua v Takam
Multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group has acquired exclusive rights in Denmark to boxing’s world heavyweight title clash between Anthony Joshua and Carlos Takam.
Amedia scores rights to Norway’s Toppserien
Norwegian media company Amedia has agreed a five-year deal for rights to the Toppserien, the top division of domestic women’s football.
C More unveils Standard Sport package for new channel
Swedish pay-television broadcaster C More has confirmed that its new sports channel will launch tomorrow (Saturday) as part of a new Standard Sport package.
Uefa gets 45% increase for Europa League in Scandinavia
Uefa has increased the value of Europa League media rights in Scandinavia by about 45 per cent in deals with TV2 in Norway and Discovery Communications in Denmark and Sweden.
MTG seals off ATP in Scandinavia by adding Norway and Sweden
The ATP is earning less from market-by-market sales in the Nordics than from the last cycle’s pan-regional deal, after Modern Times Group added World Tour rights in Norway and Sweden to its earlier Denmark deal last month. A separate deal has also been agreed in Finland with MTV3.
Spring on board with Swedish speedway league
Spring Media, the Stockholm-based agency, has struck a deal to distribute the media rights of the Elitserien, the top tier of Swedish speedway, on an exclusive basis.
Sportradar to show Bundesliga in Nordics, Romania
Sports and betting-related services company Sportradar has agreed a deal to stream live coverage of German football’s Bundesliga in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in the Nordics, as well as Romania.
TV2 adds Europa League to football portfolio
Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has acquired rights to the Europa League, the second-tier competition operated by European football’s governing body Uefa.
MTG picks up ATP rights in Sweden, Norway
Multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group has acquired rights in Sweden and Norway to the Association of Tennis Professionals’ World Tour Masters 1000 series of tournaments and the season-ending ATP Finals.
C More to launch new sports channel
Swedish pay-television broadcaster C More has said it will launch a new channel on October 14.
Viasat overhauls sports offering in Norway
Viasat, the pay-television operator run by multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group, has opted to revamp its sports offering in Norway by introducing four new channels under the Viasport banner.
Infront unveils new CHL rights deals
International sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired Champions Hockey League rights in Poland while Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has also become a rights-holder for the European ice hockey competition.
MTG strikes enhanced carriage deal with RiksTV
Norwegian pay-television distributor RiksTV has extended its carriage deal with Modern Times Group under a new agreement that will give greater prominence to the sports channels operated by the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster.
MTG extends Kontinental Hockey League rights deal
Multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group has renewed a rights deal in the Nordic region for the Kontinental Hockey League ice hockey club competition.