Scandinavia

Ice Hockey

Pan-Nordic basic-tier and pay-television broadcaster SBS Discovery Media has said it has no intention of acquiring the Norwegian rights to ice hockey’s 2014 World Championship, according to the VG newspaper.

Football

Pay-television broadcaster Viasat, operated by pan-Nordic media company Modern Times Group, has acquired online rights in Sweden for the country’s top-tier Allsvenskan football league in a sub-licensing deal with C More Entertainment, the premium pay-television arm of media company TV4 Group, according to the Expressen news website.

Football

Norwegian basic-tier and pay-television broadcaster TV2 and public-service broadcaster NRK have acquired rights for the Uefa Euro 2016 national team football tournament.

Football

Pan-Nordic basic-tier and pay-television broadcaster SBS Discovery Media has acquired the exclusive rights in Denmark, Norway and Sweden to all European qualifying matches for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup football competitions.

Danish pay-television broadcaster TV3 has agreed a digital sports rights partnership with the Ekstra Bladet newspaper, according to the Mediawatch.dk website.

Biathlon

Norwegian public-service broadcaster NRK has acquired rights for International Biathlon Union (IBU) events in a four-year deal, according to the Kampanje news website.

Equestrian

Satellite television channel Horse & Country TV is to launch in Sweden later this month via cloud-based television delivery and over-the-top service Magine.

Football

CAA Eleven busts the pan-Nordic broadcaster consortium to go market by market with the European Qualifiers and Euro 2016

Football

The Swedish league explains why it sold its rights without a tender; TV4 Group looks to sell C More.

Cycling

ASO, IMG and Infront all have big cycling ambitions. That could be bad news for UK's SweetSpot

Football

Swedish commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV4 Group has retained rights for the Allsvenskan and SuperEttan, the top two divisions of football in Sweden
Skiing

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews television audiences for the recent Alpine World Ski Championships in key European markets
Football

C More pays a little more for ice hockey to fend off rival bidders

Football

ARD/ZDF could yet join EBU qualifiers deal
Ice Hockey

C More Entertainment, the premium pay-television arm of Swedish commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV4 Group, has acquired rights for the Elitserien, the top division of ice hockey in Sweden
Football

Norwegian basic-tier and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has extended rights deals for the FA Cup, League Cup and second-tier Championship English club football competitions, according to the Kampanje news…
Cycling

Rai pays less for Giro rights and more for production, but the real money will be made abroad
Basketball

Handball deal is latest sign of Canal Plus fightback against aggressive Al Jazeera