Norway

Football
Media

Norwegian media group Amedia and its Swedish counterpart Bonnier have acquired broadcast rights to French football’s Ligue 1.
Athletics
Media

Norwegian public-service broadcaster NRK has extended its rights agreement with the Norwegian Athletics Association (NFIF) for coverage of national athletics competitions
Multiple Sports
Media

Nordic pay-television broadcaster Allente, whose customers span Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, has secured a distribution deal with US media giant Discovery in which OTT platform discovery+ will…
Football
Media

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has acquired exclusive media rights to Italy’s top-tier women’s football league, the Serie A Femminile, as it furthers bolsters its women’s sport portfolio. M
Multi-sport

The record-breaking 400m hurdles victory by Norway’s Karsten Warholm attracted a peak audience of only 183,000 viewers in the Nordic country due to the seven-hour time difference with Tokyo.
Football
Data

European Leagues, the body of European football leagues, has gone to market early with the centralised fastpath data rights to league and cup competitions organised by a total of 18 different league bodies…
Football
Media

Lega Serie A has accepted offers for rights to Italian football’s Coppa Italia and Supercoppa from 2021-22 to 2023-24 in four European countries, along with Australia, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Vietnam and s…
Football
Technology

Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 has offered to introduce a Video Assistant Referee system for domestic football competitions for when it takes over the broadcast rights in 2023
Football
Media

Media company the Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group) has secured exclusive media rights to broadcast the 2021 and 2024 editions of the Copa América in multiple countries through its Viaplay subscription …
Football
Technology

NRK Sport, the sports division of Norwegian public broadcaster NRK, has agreed a deal with artificial intelligence company WSC Sports to deliver automated real-time highlights of its coverage of the forthcoming…
Handball
Events

The European Handball Federation has announced that seven nations remain in contention for hosting rights to its men’s and women’s European Championships in 2026 and 2028, respectively, with Russia hav…
Media

Media company Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has agreed a five-year rights deal across nine countries with events promotion company Matchroom Sport
Football
Media

Sports streaming service Fanseat has acquired rights to show Asian Football Confederation major national and club team tournaments for 2021 and 2022
Winter Sports
Media

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
Esports
Media

Sport1, the German sports broadcaster, has agreed a distribution deal for its new eSportsONE channel with telco Telenor in Norway and Sweden
Media

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.
Media

Media company Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has extended a distribution agreement with Norwegian pay-television operator RiksTV until September 2023
Biathlon
Events

A number of winter sports events scheduled to be held in Norway have had to be cancelled or rescheduled after the country introduced stricter travel and event regulations in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic