TV2 (Denmark)

The Infront Sports & Media agency signed off relatively lucrative long-term deals for ice hockey’s World Championship in three markets last month.

The Infront Sports & Media agency has brokered long-term rights deals with broadcasters in Canada, Denmark and Germany for a number of leading ice hockey events.

Modern Times Group, the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, has extended its rights partnership with the Premier League in Sweden and Denmark, as well as adding rights in Finland for the first time, while Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has also extended its contract with the top division of English football.

The European Le Mans Series, the continental motorsport endurance series, has unveiled media-rights deals with a number of broadcasters for the 2015 campaign.

Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 has acquired media rights for the inaugural 2015 European Games multi-sport event in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Danish state-owned broadcasters DR and TV2 and Icelandic media company Skjarinn have acquired rights for the Uefa Euro 2016 national team football tournament.

BeIN Media Group and the Pitch International agency have agreed a host of deals for the International Handball World Championships over the past few weeks, TV Sports Markets understands.

Uncertainty remains over the Danish broadcast rights deal for the 2015 Men’s Handball World Championship in Qatar, according to the Mediawatch.dk website.

Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 last week agreed a deal for National Basketball Association rights to bolster its sport content ahead of the launch of its dedicated sports channel.

Danish commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has announced it is to launch a new sports channel early next year.

The Danish Superliga has increased its domestic rights fee despite limited competition by offering its rights for six years – an option opened up by a change in policy by the country’s competition authority.

Uefa does good business for Euro 2016 in Sweden and Hong Kong

Tour de France commits early to EBU despite interest from agencies and pay-TV companies

CAA Eleven enjoys fee increase for Euro 2016 in Norway

European Qualifiers deal is first sign that Discovery will stimulate Nordic market

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