Nordics

Handball
Host Broadcast & Production

Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 is to show widespread coverage of the country’s top handball and ice hockey leagues with matches produced using automated cameras.
Football
Media

The Team Marketing agency has initiated its first Uefa club competitions media-rights sales processes in nearly seven months, inviting bids from broadcasters in Italy and also sub-Saharan Africa for the…
Football
Media

Finnish public-service broadcaster YLE has won back rights to Finland’s national team matches in a wider agreement that also includes the 2024 and 2028 editions of the Uefa European Championship.
Football
Media

Norwegian pay-television provider Canal Digital is upping the price for access to premium sports channels from TV2 amid higher rights costs paid by the commercial and pay-television broadcaster.
Horse Racing
Media

Red Bee Media, the UK-based media services company, has been recruited to provide OTT streaming services for a new French horse racing streaming service put in place by Svenska Spel, the state-owned gambling…
Badminton
Events

The Badminton World Federation has shelved the Thomas and Uber Cup Finals 2020 in Aarhus, Denmark due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Ice Hockey
Sponsorship & Marketing

Cyprus-based betting operator CampoBet has signed a three-year sponsorship deal with the Champions Hockey League (CHL) – Europe's leading club ice hockey competition – in Sweden.
Sailing
Events

The Danish city of Aarhus will replace the country’s capital city Copenhagen on SailGP’s 2021 season.
Cycling
Media

The European Broadcasting Union, the umbrella body of mainly public-service broadcasters, has announced that total viewing hours for this year’s Tour de France have risen by 10.5
Football
Media

Danish government-owned broadcaster TV2 has picked up a clean sweep of all rights available in the country from the latest Uefa European Qualifiers, Nations League and European Championship invitation…
Football
Media

Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has acquired rights to the country’s Uefa European Qualifiers and Nations League matches, from 2022-23 to 2027-28, as well as the 2024 and 2028 E…
Football
Media

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group, the Stockholm-based media group, has secured broadcast rights in Sweden to the country’s qualifying matches for the Uefa European Championship and Fifa World Cup, along w…
Industry Moves

Laurent Prud’homme, head of Eurosport France and previously senior vice-president of rights acquisitions and syndication at Eurosport, is leaving his position amid a raft of departures across Europe u…
Basketball
Media

The Asociación de Clubes Españoles de Baloncesto (ACB), which organises the top tier of club basketball in Spain, has finalised a rights deal in Iceland with pay-television broadcaster Stöð 2 Sport.
Ice Hockey
Media

Finnish telco DNA has agreed a carriage deal with pay-television broadcaster MTV to provide games from SM-Liiga, the top division of domestic club ice hockey
Industry Moves

Emir Osmanbegovic, the sports media executive who previously headed up Eurosport’s international sports production activities, has returned to Discovery on a full-time consultancy basis in a role overseeing t…
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has acquired rights to the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the Endeavor-owned mixed martial arts promotion, in Iceland
Badminton
Events

After already cancelling four major tournaments in Asia due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Badminton World Federation has once again moved to make significant changes to its calendar for the remainder of…