Viaplay

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Finance & Law

Canal Plus Group has acquired a 12-per-cent stake in Viaplay, the Nordic media giant that yesterday (Thursday) announced a staggering second-quarter loss and radical cost-cutting plans
Football

The English Football League’s new deal with Sky has produced an excellent result for the league and a significant increase in its guaranteed media rights income, but SportBusiness Media understands the real-terms uplift is well below the level publicly claimed by the league.
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Media

Welsh public-service broadcaster S4C has agreed a deal with subscription streaming service Viaplay to show Wales’ qualifiers for the 2026 Fifa World Cup and Uefa Euro 2028, as well as the Uefa Nations L…
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Industry Moves

Peter Nørrelund has returned to the role of Viaplay’s chief sports officer just two and a half months after resigning from the position.
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Industry Moves

Viaplay has announced the resignation of group chief executive and president Anders Jensen as the subscription streaming and linear broadcaster predicts wider-than-expected international losses and curtailed…
Football
Media

No political pressure can be placed on broadcasters to ensure major Scottish sporting events are shown on free-to-air television, the UK government declared today (Friday)
Football
Finance & Law

The cost of sports media rights “will have to come down in various ways” according to Anders Jensen, the president and chief executive of subscription broadcaster Viaplay Group.
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Finance & Law

Viaplay Group, the subscription streaming broadcaster, has reported an operating loss of SEK454m (€40.1m/$44.2
Football
Finance & Law

Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 has announced it will appeal the Oslo District Court’s ruling against its use of clips from English Premier League matches.
Football
Finance & Law

Multi-platform subscription broadcaster Viaplay is investigating claims it has repeatedly broadcast Uefa Champions League matches in Norway without holding rights to the competition in the market.
Motorcycling

Multi-platform subscription broadcaster Viaplay has tightened its grip on motorsport properties in the Nordic region through a six-season agreement for exclusive MotoGP rights.
Football

SportBusiness Media analyses the EFL's global media rights tender, in which an a la carte menu has been provided to bidders, with 26 standalone packages available.
Football
Media

Subscription pay-TV broadcaster Viaplay has claimed to have “no interest” in winning back the Uefa Champions League in Sweden unless the current rights fee paid by TV4 Media drops dramatically.
Football
Finance & Law

Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 will face a claim for compensation after the Oslo District Court ruled that its use of clips from Premier League matches infringed upon pay-TV operator Viaplay’s r…
Football
Media

Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 has said it will hold talks with pay-TV operator Viaplay after coverage in Denmark of a Uefa Champions League match by the latter was inadvertently made available to…
Motorcycling
Media

Viaplay Group, the international subscription streaming broadcaster, has extended its exclusive rights to the MotoGP motorcycling championship in Sweden, Norway and Denmark by a further six seasons, while…
Skiing

As the battle over the centralisation of skiing rights rumbles on, Infront’s on-sale of Swiss-Ski rights has sprung no surprises, with the agency discreetly agreeing deals with existing FIS World Cup broadcasters.
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Media

Subscription streaming operator Viaplay has agreed a distribution deal in the Netherlands with Solcon, a KPN-owned provider of internet, television and telephone services