Sweden
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.
Horse & Country TV expands global presence with Swedish launch
Specialist international equestrian sports and lifestyle television channel Horse & Country TV has announced it will launch in Sweden in October.
Viasat snaps up NBA rights in Sweden
Pay-television broadcaster Viasat, operated by pan-Nordic media company Modern Times Group, has acquired rights in Sweden for the North American NBA basketball league.
Viasat snaps up Allsvenskan online rights, report says
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.
Horse & Country TV gallops into Swedish market with Magine
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.
CAA Eleven rejects pan-Nordic consortium offer
CAA Eleven busts the pan-Nordic broadcaster consortium to go market by market with the European Qualifiers and Euro 2016
Swedish league defends its closed rights negotiations
The Swedish league explains why it sold its rights without a tender; TV4 Group looks to sell C More.
TV4 extends deal for domestic Swedish football rights
Watching Brief (Vol.52) Special Focus: Skiing – Alpine World Ski Championships
League enjoys modest increase as C More renews
C More pays a little more for ice hockey to fend off rival bidders
C More retains Swedish ice hockey league rights
Rai pays less for Giro rights but RCS still ahead
Fees up but still no sale in Germany and Austria
Latest Premier League deals
Modern Times Group snaps up more English football rights
Diamond League’s ‘perfect world’ is gone, yet rights fees increase
The Diamond League is working but organisers are realistic about live coverage on major channels
TV4 sports cost-cutting done
IEC makes breakthrough WTA deals in Europe
IEC makes breakthrough in the UK and Nordics
Infront one step closer to monopoly
Finnish deal takes Infront closer to global control of skiing rights but agency denies that it paid a strategic fee for the rights