Nordics
Viaplay’s $575m Q2 loss prompts market exits, job cuts, potential sale
Viaplay is to exit the UK, US and Baltics markets and make 25 per cent of its employees redundant as part of massive cost-cutting measures, the Nordic media giant announced today (Thursday)
NordicBet extends Danish second-tier title sponsorship to 2025
NordicBet, a brand of Swedish sports betting and online casino operator Betsson, has extended its title sponsorship of the 1. Division, the second tier of football in Denmark
Denmark’s Pokalen regains title sponsor through Danske Spil deal
Oddset, the sports betting brand of national lottery operator Danske Spil, has secured title sponsorship of the Pokalen, Danish football’s knockout cup competition, in a four-year deal.
Viaplay adopts country-based operating model, hires Jeppesen from Snap Inc
Viaplay Group, the embattled international subscription streaming service and broadcaster, has introduced a Nordic country-based operating model, amid more changes to its executive management team
BNP Paribas acquires Stockholm Open naming rights in Spring Media deal
The Stockholm Open tennis tournament has rebranded as the BNP Paribas Nordic Open as part of a “long-term” title sponsorship with the French bank brokered by the Spring Media agency.
Shinai retains Wimbledon rights in China, eleventh-hour deal struck in Denmark
Chinese media group Shinai Sports has signed a two-year extension to its media rights deal for the Wimbledon tennis grand slam
Sweden to proceed with bid for 2030 Winter Olympics
The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) is pushing ahead with plans to bid for the 2030 Winter Olympic Games following the release of a preliminary feasibility study into the proposal
Nørrelund makes swift return to Viaplay under Lindemann’s leadership
Peter Nørrelund has returned to the role of Viaplay’s chief sports officer just two and a half months after resigning from the position.
Norwegian football bodies halt sponsor ties over Mondelēz Russia links
The Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) and Toppfotball Kvinner (TFK), which manages the top two women’s divisions, are among a number of organisations in the country to suspend sponsorship deals with F…
Uno-X secures kit sponsor ahead of Tour de France debut
Uno-X Pro Cycling Team has agreed a sponsorship deal with supermarket chain Rema 1000 ahead of this year’s Tour de France.
Jensen exits as Viaplay CEO amid financial turbulence
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…
EBU and DAZN finalise markets covered by UWCL final deal
The European Broadcasting Union’s 12-market deal with DAZN for sublicensed rights to the Uefa Women’s Champions League final includes commitments from public broadcasters in the Nordic countries of Fin…
TV2 Denmark to follow Rune’s fortunes in ATP Tour renewal to 2026
TV2, the commercial broadcaster in Denmark, will continue to show men's tennis' ATP Tour until the end of the 2026 season, after securing a new rights agreement
Warner Bros. Discovery out of picture for Danish Superliga rights
The Danish Superliga will not be on the screens of channels owned by Warner Bros. Discovery in Denmark from 2024-25, after the incumbent rights-holder did not submit a bid by the May 10 deadline
Danish Superliga retains 3F as title sponsor
Superligaen A/S, organising body of the top division of Danish club football, has extended its title sponsorship deal for the league with 3F, the country’s largest trade union and unemployment fund.
All bandy Elitserien matches streamed in long-term Bonnier News deal
Bonnier News and Swedish media group NTM have jointly acquired domestic broadcast rights to Sweden’s men’s and women’s bandy Elitserien competitions.
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Bet365 pays out compensation to Danish sports stars in image rights case
Bet365, the online sports betting firm, has been ordered to pay millions of Danish Krone in compensation to some of the country's leading athletes for using their names and images on social media without…
Hunt and Gårdebäck among additions to Spring Media commercial team
Spring Media, the Sweden-based agency, has further boosted its sales team as part of an international expansion plan