{"id":6497,"date":"2016-02-19T12:14:31","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T17:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/fight-sports-network-expands-scandinavian-footprint\/"},"modified":"2016-02-19T13:58:19","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T18:58:19","slug":"fight-sports-network-expands-scandinavian-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/02\/19\/fight-sports-network-expands-scandinavian-footprint\/","title":{"rendered":"Fight Sports Network Expands Scandinavian Footprint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: CSI Sports, a global provider of televised fighting content, has secured several carriage agreements for its 24-hour HD network Fight Sports with Nordic pay-TV operator Telenor.<\/p>\n<p>CSI Sports closed the deals for carriage with Telenor Sweden, including its Canal Digital Cable, Telenor IP, Bredbandsbolaget and former Tele 2 Cable brands, and Canal Digital Kabel TV in Norway. Fight Sports is carried by operators across Europe, the Asia Pacific and North America.<\/p>\n<p>The channel\u2019s programming lineup features live World Title Boxing events such as WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO, as well as Championship Kickboxing, MMA, and exclusive reality programming, documentaries and original series. Telenor viewers can also watch classic fights with legendary boxing figures such as George Foreman and Mike Tyson.<\/p>\n<p>Jonas Jegerborn, Telenor Sweden\u2019s head of broadband and TV, stated: \u201cWe are happy to include the Fight Sports network in our wide range of content in Sweden. The channel adds diversity to our existing channels and represents a genre in increasing demand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CSI Sports co-CEOs Richard and Craig Miele added: \u201cWe are pleased to become part of the multi-country Telenor Group in the region. Our Fight Sports expansion continues on the back of new programming investments in live and original programming and leading channel performance results across Europe and Asia.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: CSI Sports, a global provider of televised fighting content, has secured several carriage agreements for its 24-hour HD network Fight Sports with Nordic pay-TV operator Telenor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[217,218,219],"class_list":["post-6497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-csi-sports","tag-fight-sports","tag-telenor-group"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fight Sports Network Expands Scandinavian Footprint - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/02\/19\/fight-sports-network-expands-scandinavian-footprint\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fight Sports Network Expands Scandinavian Footprint - TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NEW YORK: CSI Sports, a global provider of televised fighting content, has secured several carriage agreements for its 24-hour HD network Fight Sports with Nordic pay-TV operator Telenor.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/02\/19\/fight-sports-network-expands-scandinavian-footprint\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-02-19T17:14:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-02-19T18:58:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/02\/19\/fight-sports-network-expands-scandinavian-footprint\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/02\/19\/fight-sports-network-expands-scandinavian-footprint\/\",\"name\":\"Fight Sports Network Expands Scandinavian Footprint - TVEUROPE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-02-19T17:14:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-02-19T18:58:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/02\/19\/fight-sports-network-expands-scandinavian-footprint\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/02\/19\/fight-sports-network-expands-scandinavian-footprint\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/02\/19\/fight-sports-network-expands-scandinavian-footprint\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fight Sports Network Expands Scandinavian Footprint\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\",\"name\":\"TVEUROPE\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\",\"name\":\"Sara Alessi\",\"description\":\"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. 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