Scandinavia

Danish commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has announced it is to launch a new sports channel early next year.

Kentaro AB has appealed a decision by the Stockholm District Court in Sweden to place the Swedish division of the Kentaro agency into bankruptcy, according to the Aftonbladet news website.

Modern Times Group-owned pay-television broadcaster Viasat has acquired the rights in Norway to the national football team’s friendly game against England on September 3.

Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has acquired rights to new pan-European club ice hockey competition the Champions Hockey League.

A new sports marketing agency has been launched in Sweden and will be led by David Nilsson, a senior executive at the IEC in Sports agency.

The Danish Superliga has increased its domestic rights fee despite limited competition by offering its rights for six years – an option opened up by a change in policy by the country’s competition authority.

Interview with Peter Nørrelund, head of sport for commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group, on the broadcaster’s deal for Danish Superliga football rights from 2015-16 to 2020-21.

Interview with Claus Thomsen, chief executive of the Divisionsforeningen, the body which sells Danish Superliga rights, on the league’s six-year deals with Modern Times Group and SBS Discovery Media.

Statement from Søren Bo Rasmussen, head of the media division at the Danish Competition Authority, the Konkurrencestyrelsen, on why the regulator allowed six-year domestic broadcast deals with Modern Times Group and SBS Discovery Media for the Superliga.

Modern Times Group (MTG), the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, and pan-Nordic basic-tier and pay-television broadcaster SBS Discovery Media, have acquired rights for the Danish Superligaen, the top division of football in the country.

The Fotball Media agency, which distributes the rights for the Tippeligaen on behalf of the Norwegian Football Federation, is prepared to take legal action against public-service broadcaster NRK over alleged copyright infringement of rights to the country’s top division of football.

Swedish public-service broadcaster SVT has agreed a three-year deal allowing it to televise the men’s and women’s singles finals of the Wimbledon tennis championships.

Commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group has struck a long-term rights deal for the European Handball Federation men’s and women’s Champions League club competitions.

The European Handball Federation has secured a six-year extension to its television deal in Denmark with public-service broadcaster DR and multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group.

Danish public-service broadcaster DR has acquired multi-platform rights for coverage of the Denmark U-21 national football team.

Leading Superligaen club Brondby has confirmed it will join the other 11 teams of the top division of Danish football in a six-year collective broadcast rights deal for the league.