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Spring Media’s Fanseat acquires AFC rights across Europe
Sports streaming service Fanseat has acquired rights to show Asian Football Confederation major national and club team tournaments for 2021 and 2022
La Vuelta continues Twitch mainstream sport move, Allsvenskan launches on TikTok
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.
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Blast Premier agrees flurry of media-rights deals for 2021
Esports tournament organiser Blast Premier has reached eight new international media rights deals for the 2021 season
WWE flagship programming launched in Finland in MTV deal
Commercial broadcaster MTV Oy has secured rights in Finland for WWE's weekly shows
TV4 Media retains Swedish Women’s ice hockey league rights
Media group TV4 Media has extended its domestic rights deal for the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) until 2024-25
First ever tender launched for Icelandic domestic football
The Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ) and Íslenskur Toppfótbolti (ÍTF), the club body that manages league football in the country, have submitted request for proposals for the media rights to the top…
Nent adds Infront’s Swiss FIS World Cup rights to skiing portfolio
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
Lahti fends off Klagenfurt bid to land Ironman 70.3 World Championship
The Finnish city of Lahti has been awarded hosting rights by the Ironman triathlon organisation to its 2023 70.3 World Championship, seeing off competition from Klagenfurt, Austria
Nent appoints Knudsen to help Viaplay sports expansion
Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has named Rune Knudsen as its vice-president, head of sports expansion
Sportway to add 68 arenas to ‘Northern Europe’s largest AI production network’
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
Telenor to offer eSportsONE channel in Norway, Sweden
Sport1, the German sports broadcaster, has agreed a distribution deal for its new eSportsONE channel with telco Telenor in Norway and Sweden
TV2 Denmark secures long-term WTA rights amid Tauson interest
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 Elgiganten Ligaen seals first TV rights deal
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.
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Nent adds host of women’s football rights across its markets
Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has acquired a host women’s football content across the Nordic and Baltic countries, along with Poland, as it continues its push in women’s sport.
Nent fails to agree Telia carriage terms in Norway, secures Latvian distribution
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.
Nent extends RiksTV distribution deal to 2023
Media company Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has extended a distribution agreement with Norwegian pay-television operator RiksTV until September 2023
DreamHack Sports Games strengthens eAllsvenskan relationship in new deal
Swedish Professional Football Leagues (SEF), the operating body of the top two divisions of domestic football, has agreed a new, long-term deal with esports company DreamHack Sports Games (DHSG) for i…
Svenska Spel seals €2.5m-per-year sponsorship of Swedish Ski Association
Swedish state-owned gambling company Svenska Spel has signed as the new ‘principal partner’ of the Swedish Ski Association, starting this July.