Baltics

Multi-sport
Events

Seoul will look to bid for the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games, but will not seek to rekindle a proposal put forward for the 2032 Games involving North Korean capital Pyongyang, while Latvia has looked…
Ice Skating
Events

Seoul will host the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships for the third time in 2025, after the International Skating Union (ISU) awarded hosting rights for three of its major events
Basketball
Events

Zalgirio Arena in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas will host the 2023 EuroLeague Final Four, while the 2024 edition of the basketball tournament's finale will be held at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin
Multiple Sports
Media

Viaplay Group, the international subscription streaming broadcaster, will not launch in German-speaking markets as planned next year amid wider cost-cutting initiatives
Kickboxing
Media

Baltic media group TV3 has acquired rights in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to the Glory kickboxing series. The multi-year deal begins with the Collision 4 event in the Dutch city of Arnhem on Saturday
Rugby League
Media

Subscription streaming broadcaster Viaplay has secured rights across various European markets to the forthcoming Rugby League World Cup
Biathlon
Events

Otepää in Estonia was today (Friday) awarded the hosting rights to biathlon’s 2027 IBU World Championships.
Football
Media

Viaplay Group, the subscription streaming operator, has announced a multi-year endorsement and content agreement with Manchester City and Norway national team striker Erling Haaland
Golf
Media

LIV Golf’s inaugural Invitational Series event at London’s Centurion Club this week is to be broadcast by streaming service Mola TV, SportBusiness understands, while subscription streaming operator Via…
Basketball
Media

Baltics media group TV3 has agreed a multi-year extension to its broadcast rights deal with the National Basketball Association and will significantly enhance its coverage of the North American basketball…
Ice Hockey
Events

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has announced today (Friday) that the Latvian capital of Riga and the Finnish city of Tampere will stage next year’s World Championship, while Switzerland h…
Football
Media

Viaplay has secured rights to the English Football League's Championship and League Cup in all Nordic and Baltic countries, Poland and the Netherlands from 2022-23 in what has been announced as a 'long-term'…
Multiple Sports
Media

The launch of Viaplay in the Netherlands helped the streaming service add 778,000 new subscribers to its global total in the first quarter of this year
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

Viaplay, the subscription streaming service operated by Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group, has secured platform-neutral exclusive rights to the Professional Fighters League in all Nordic and Baltic countries,…
Basketball
Events

The Fiba Europe division of the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has today (Tuesday) awarded hosting rights for EuroBasket 2025 to Latvia, Cyprus and Finland, with Ukraine potentially set to…
Media

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group will be the exclusive broadcast partner in 10 European countries of the heavyweight boxing title fight between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte next month
Multiple Sports
Media

The Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has reported reaching just over four million paying subscribers to its Viaplay streaming service after adding 397,000 new customers in the fourth quarter of last year…
Football
Media

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