Scandinavia

Viaplay, Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group’s subscription streaming platform, has acquired rights in nine countries to competitions organised by the Confederation of African Football.

Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang has further expanded its sports rights portfolio by agreeing a multi-year deal with North American basketball league the NBA

Commercial Sports Media, the Stockholm-based media rights consultancy, has been appointed to advise on the next domestic broadcast rights tender for Swedish football’s top-tier Allsvenskan and second-tier S…

Nordic pay-television broadcaster C More has secured a deal covering Finland and Sweden to broadcast the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), the FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX) and the FIA…

The Sport Live channel in Denmark is to be made available on two new TV packages through Norlys Play, the streaming platform of the telco and energy company Norlys

SVT, the Swedish public-service broadcaster, struck a late deal to show the men’s singles and doubles finals from the World Table Tennis Championships.

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group’s subscription streaming platform Viaplay has acquired rights to Europe’s mixed martial arts organisation KSW in 10 countries.

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has reported that paying subscribers to its streaming service Viaplay have risen by 28 per cent year-on-year, while its quarterly financial results have detailed organic…

Esports tournament organiser PGL has appointed the IMG agency to distribute its media rights globally for its PGL Stockholm Major 2021, which will be held in Sweden for the first time since 2014

Fanseat, the subscription-based sports streaming service owned by the Spring Media agency, has secured rights to broadcast six basketball leagues in the Denmark, France and the UK

Telco Telia was able to seal a three-season deal for Serie A in Sweden and Finland for a relatively modest increase amid strong competition and high increases for rights fees in the Nordics.

TV2 Denmark, the government-owned subscription and free-to-air broadcaster, has extended its media rights agreement with the Badminton World Federation in a deal running from 2022 to 2025

Swedish automated production and live streaming firm Sportway has announced that all existing investors in the firm have provided more financial backing to close its latest round of funding with a total…

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has extended its rights to the IndyCar US motor racing series for another three years

Norwegian media group Amedia and its Swedish counterpart Bonnier have acquired broadcast rights to French football’s Ligue 1.

Spring Media has announced a merger with fellow Stockholm-based sports marketing company Future Sports Agency and has secured funding from investment company Helix Kapital as part of plans to further strengthen…