TV4 acquires American football rights in Sweden

Swedish commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV4 has acquired rights for various American football events in the country over the next two years.

The rights cover the International Federation of American Football’s 2015 World Championship national team tournament, which will take place from July 4-8 at the Tele2 Arena in the Swedish capital of Stockholm.

TV4 will broadcast live coverage of all games involving the Swedish national team as well as the final on its new TV12 channel. All other games will be broadcast on TV4 Sport.

All matches from the tournaments will also be accessible via the broadcaster’s TV4 video-on-demand service.

TV4 will also show the 2014 and 2015 finals of the Swedish Championship domestic club competition. TV4 will broadcast live coverage of the 2014 SM-Final on TV4 Sport. The final will take place on September 7 at Stockholm’s Tele2 Arena.