Nordics

No other football league or competition in Europe will be able to use the name, The Super League, after the European Union Trade Mark Office sided with Denmark's Superligaen A/S.

Viaplay is to continue reducing its sports rights commitments, turning to sublicensing deals where possible to recoup fees, as part of its company-wide reset.

DR, the public-service broadcaster in Denmark, has struck a four-year deal with the Danish Football Association (DBU) covering rights to the qualifiers for the Uefa Women's Euro 2025 and the 2027 Fifa…

Viaplay Denmark is raising the price of its all-encompassing subscription package by 11 per cent to DK499 (€66.95/$72.04) per month.

Norwegian media group Schibsted has withdrawn its short-lived investment in Viaplay, the embattled pay-television broadcaster refocusing its core business on the Nordic region

Telia is said to be exploring a sale of TV4 Media in a deal expected to value the broadcast group at much less than the Swedish telco paid five years ago.

Viaplay Group aims to deliver double-digit operating profit margins within five years following the drastic cost reduction programme enacted over the last six months and exits from loss-making international…

Former BBC and Discovery executive Dominic Coles has entered into a partnership with NPG Sport & Communication, the Norwegian brand activation agency

Swedish hotel group Strawberry has agreed a new multi-year deal to become the naming rights sponsor of the country's National Arena in Stockholm.

Viaplay has renewed its Ultimate Fighting Championship rights in its home Nordic markets in a ‘multi-year’ agreement that will bring over 40 live events to the broadcaster each year.

Broadcasters in Italy and Portugal interested in acquiring rights to LaLiga from next season onwards must lodge their offers by midday (CET) on January 9, SportBusiness understands

Viaplay Group has instigated price increases in two of its core markets as it bids to turn the tide after a turbulent 2023 dominated by huge financial losses, share sales and workforce cuts

Commercial Sports Media (CSM) has retained its broadcast advisory work with the Finnish Ice Hockey Association (FIHA) in a deal that kicks in with the cycle beginning in 2026-27

Viaplay Group has laid out plans for a “recapitalisation programme” that includes a SEK4bn (€350m/$382m) new equity raise and SEK14.6bn debt renegotiation package as part of measures designed to stave off insolvency and subsequent bankruptcy.

Streaming platform Fite has acquired exclusive rights in selected markets across Europe and Oceania to Portugal’s Primeira Liga until the end of the 2025-26 season.

The Danish Football Association (DBU) has agreed terms on an eight-year extension with its kit partner, Hummel, with the new deal set to have a focus on gender equality.

Norwegian public-service broadcaster NRK has reached an agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery to show live coverage of all athletics events during next year’s Olympic Games in Paris.

A selection of Uefa Women's Champions League matches, including the showpiece final, are to be shown on free-to-air television in Norway