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NENT acquires women’s football for Viaplay

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, has secured a comprehensive package of women’s top football for its streaming service Viaplay in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. As part of the deal, NENT Group will hold the exclusive rights to Women’s Super League (WSL) until the 2023/24-season. Furthermore, […]

March 8, 2021

Facebook to drop Champions League, La Liga rights

Facebook will not be renewing its rights deals for Champions League football in Latin America, nor La Liga football in India. In a piece written for Sportico, Rob Shaw, Facebook’s director of sports league and media partnerships, revealed the decision whilst explaining that the company also chose not to bid in the current round of […]

March 5, 2021

BT Sport to air Women’s Champions League

BT Sport will broadcast action from Chelsea and Manchester City’s UEFA Women’s Champions League games. BT Sport’s live coverage will kick off on March 3rd with Fiorentina’s trip to Manchester City March on BT Sport 2, as Gareth Taylor’s side look to go one better in this year’s competition, having been eliminated by Toni Duggan’s […]

March 1, 2021

NENT expands Norwegian distribution with RiksTV

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, and Norwegian TV operator RiksTV have agreed to extend the long-term distribution deal that brings NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service and TV channels to more viewers in Norway. The agreement has been prolonged until September 2023, which includes Viaplay to be continued being distributed via RiksTV’s […]

February 25, 2021

TV3 Group drives OTT growth with telco partnerships

TV3 Group, the Baltics media group, has increased the reach of its OTT service Go3 through cooperation agreements with major telecommunications companies, cable operators and IPTV providers such as Bite, Tele2, Telia and Baltcom. With its strong partners, Go3 has grown its paying subscriber base to more than 200,000, a substantial part being on long-term […]

February 22, 2021

Mediaset scores Champions League FTA & streaming rights

Mediaset has been awarded the Italian free-to-air and streaming rights for the UEFA Champions League for another three years, until 2024. The broadcaster will be able to air the best match of each round of Europe’s premier football competition free-to-air as well as the final, which will also be available online for free. In addition, […]

February 19, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

NENT, Viaplay boost football rights in Baltics

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, has secured a variety of football rights for its Viaplay streaming service in the Baltic countries, including the exclusive rights to the FA Cup until 2024. NENT Group will launch Viaplay in the Baltics on March 9th. NENT Group has acquired the English Cup-tournaments (FA Cup […]

February 5, 2021By Nik Roseveare

BT Sport’s ‘Matchday Experience’ immersion now on Android

BT Sport customers will be able to enjoy Matchday Experience on the BT Sport app for the first time on February 2nd. With sports fans currently unable to watch live sport in stadiums, Matchday Experience is a collection of immersive and innovative viewing features getting fans closer to the action. Launched earlier this season to […]

February 1, 2021

Iceland: NENT to show Champions League on Viaplay

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, will show live UEFA Champions League football on its Viaplay streaming service in Iceland from the 2021/2022 season. The new three-year agreement sees NENT Group share the Champions League rights with Icelandic broadcaster Sýn and will bring Europe’s premier club tournament to Viaplay viewers in Iceland […]

January 21, 2021