Scandinavia
SBS picks up more Norway national team rights
Pan-Nordic basic-tier and pay-television broadcaster SBS Discovery Media has acquired rights for all friendly matches featuring the Norway national football team.
TV2 leaves it late to secure Ice Hockey World Championships rights
Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has agreed a late rights deal for the 2014 Men’s World Ice Hockey Championships, which gets underway in Belarus on Friday.
Brondby set to be included in new Danish football tender
A tender for the media rights to the Superligaen, the top division of Danish football, is expected to be issued next week and will include all 12 teams, according to the Mediawatch.dk website.
C More to close Canal 9 in Norway
Nordic pay-television broadcaster C More Entertainment is to close sports-focused commercial channel Canal 9 in Norway.
IEC and KHL agree Swedish Hockey League deal
The IEC in Sports agency has agreed a deal with the Kontinental Hockey League, the top division of ice hockey in Russia, for broadcast rights to the finals of the 2014 Swedish Hockey League club competition.
Onside extends terms for TV4’s football rights
Swedish commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV4 has signed a three-year extension to its contract with production company Onside TV, under which the firm will produce around 350 football games per year.
SVT and TV4 seal Women’s Euro rights deal
Uefa, football’s European governing body, has awarded media rights in Sweden for the 2017 Women’s Euro international tournament to public-service broadcaster SVT and pay-television and commercial broadcaster TV4.
Danish ice hockey boosted by TV2 deal
Danish public-service broadcaster TV2 has agreed a three-year deal with the Danish Ice Hockey Union (DIU) for the rights to the Metal Ligaen, the top division of Danish ice hockey, and the Metal Cup competition.
Watching Brief (Vol.74) Special Focus: Winter Olympics
Brondby to exit Danish Superligaen’s collective rights model
Danish Superligaen club Brondby has announced that it will exit the top division of Danish football’s collective broadcast rights agreement when the current deal expires in July 2015.
SVT backs new Champions Hockey League
Swedish public-service broadcaster SVT has agreed a three-year rights deal covering the 2014-15 to 2016-17 seasons of new European club ice hockey competition the Champions Hockey League.
First steps on long road for new elite Euro competition
Infront strikes first deals for new Champions Hockey League
Uefa seals further increases in Hong Kong and Sweden
Uefa does good business for Euro 2016 in Sweden and Hong Kong
Canal Digital Sweden aims to make live sport a cinema experience
Satellite-television provider Canal Digital Sweden has formed a joint venture with the National Federation of People's Parks and Community Centres (FHP) to show live sport in Swedish cinemas.
TV4 extends Ligue 1 rights deal
Swedish commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV4 has signed a one-year extension to its rights deal for Ligue 1, the top division of French football.
Uefa announces Euro 2016 deals in Sweden and Norway
Swedish public-service broadcaster SVT and commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV4 have acquired rights for the Uefa Euro 2016 national team football tournament, which will take place in France.
Peter Nørrelund, head of sport, Modern Times Group
Interview with Peter Nørrelund, head of sport at multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group, on the company’s renewal of Champions League rights in Scandinavia
MTG set to retain exclusive Sochi 2014 rights in Sweden
Pan-Nordic media company Modern Times Group’s Viasat pay-television channels will retain exclusive rights in Sweden for the 2014 winter Olympic Games after public-service broadcaster SVT and commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV4 failed to agree sub-licensing deals for the event in Sochi, Russia.