Scandinavia

Football

NRK Sports, the sports division of Norwegian public broadcaster NRK, has agreed a deal with artificial intelligence company WSC Sports to deliver automated real-time highlights of its coverage of the forthcoming…
Tennis

C More, the Telia-owned pay-television broadcaster, and Sportkanalen, its Swedish sports channel, have acquired domestic broadcast rights to the Nordea Open, a Swedish ATP 250 and WTA 125 event on the…
Multi-sport

The Spring Media agency has unified its production offering through merging its in-house capabilities with the production business of its subsidiary, Sportacentrs
Motorsport

Pay-per-view and subscription-based sports streaming service Fanseat has agreed a two-year deal with Elite Speedway Sweden for the global rights to its top-tier competition, the Elitserien
Multi-sport

Media company Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has agreed a five-year rights deal across nine countries with events promotion company Matchroom Sport
Football

Sports streaming service Fanseat has acquired rights to show Asian Football Confederation major national and club team tournaments for 2021 and 2022
Multi-sport

Organisers of cycling’s Vuelta a España have announced it will be the first of the sport’s ‘grand tours’ to have an official account on Twitch, the Amazon-owned online streaming platform. La V
Ice Hockey

Media group TV4 Media has extended its domestic rights deal for the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) until 2024-25
Football

Fifa is the latest rights-holder to benefit from fierce competition in the Nordics as it sealed huge increases for both the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup and the men’s World Cup in 2026.
Skiing

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has acquired rights in the region to all International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup events taking place in Switzerland through a deal with the Infront agency
Ice Hockey

Sportway, the automated production and live streaming firm, is to add another 68 Swedish arenas and stadiums to the list of venues that it provides its production systems for
Esports

Sport1, the German sports broadcaster, has agreed a distribution deal for its new eSportsONE channel with telco Telenor in Norway and Sweden
Tennis

Commercial broadcaster TV2 has sealed a long-term deal for Women’s Tennis Association rights in Denmark as it looks to capitalise on emerging Danish talent.
Esports

The Elgiganten Ligaen, a Danish Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league, has secured its first media-rights deal in the country, with public-service broadcaster DR. The league’s organiser, Dust2.d
Multi-sport

Norwegian customers of telco Telia are without Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group’s linear channels and OTT service following the pair being unable to agree a distribution deal.
Multi-sport

Media company Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has extended a distribution agreement with Norwegian pay-television operator RiksTV until September 2023
Football

Pay-television broadcaster C More has acquired rights in Finland and Sweden to the Asian Football Confederation’s club and national teams competitions across the 2021-24 cycle.
Handball

Broadcasters in both Denmark and Sweden pulled in strong audiences for Sunday’s IHF World Men’s Handball Championship final between the two Nordic countries.