Scandinavia

Football: New Spanish commercial channel La Sexta, which launched last week, acquired the rights to this year’s World Cup.

Weekday lunchtime television slots mean Swedish television audiences miss Anja Paerson's medal winning performances

American football:  US network NBC acquired the so-called “network package” of American football’s National Football League rights, the main package of 23 matches per season, paying $600m (£316m/€465m) a year ov…

Football:  UK pay-operator British Sky Broadcasting is set to acquire the rights to the English Football League’s Championship, lower divisions and the League Cup in a four-year deal worth at least £3…

The privatisation of Danish public-service broadcaster TV2 has been called off because of the financial insecurity surrounding the channel

Men's World Handball Championships in Germany attracts big audiences across Europe

Prospects for a new Swedish sports channel, SportExpressen, could well hang on its coverage of second-tier domestic rights for ice hockey and football

Norway's top leagues have been forced to compromise on taking over ownership and sale of league rights

Commonwealth Games:  UK public-service broadcaster the BBC acquired the rights to the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in a deal with the Fastrack agency, which is selling the rights on behalf of the organisers.

Takeover of the Nordic Canal Plus subscription channels by SBS Broadcasting

Canal Plus major threat to the country’s free-to-air broadcasters

Television broadcasters are having difficulty making use of the matching-rights options they negotiated in earlier contracts.

Canal Plus is considering a carriage deal with the direct-to-home satellite platform of its main rival, Viasat.

Sports agency looks close to winning domestic television rights for all Swedish football.

France, Italy, UK and Nordic region the only European territories covered so far.

TV2 resurrects plan to launch premium pay-channel.