{"id":9824,"date":"2019-12-19T09:34:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T14:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/nent-group-extends-ufc-rights\/"},"modified":"2019-12-19T09:34:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T14:34:57","slug":"nent-group-extends-ufc-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/12\/19\/nent-group-extends-ufc-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"NENT Group Extends UFC Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has signed an extension of its exclusive Nordic UFC media rights in a multiyear agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The new agreement means NENT Group remains the exclusive Nordic home of the mixed martial arts organization, with all UFC numbered galas and UFC Fight Nights to be streamed live on Viaplay. Preliminary and early preliminary matchups from each gala will also be shown live every time a Nordic fighter is involved. Selected events will be available on NENT Group\u2019s free-TV channels and through pay-per-view.<\/p>\n<p>Kim Mikkelsen, NENT Group&#8217;s head of sport, said: \u201cWith more than 300 million fans worldwide, UFC is one of the fastest-growing sports brands in the world and local competitors are household names across the Nordic region. Our UFC coverage includes high-quality local-language commentary from every gala and has thrilled both new and established fight fans. Viaplay is in a weight class of its own when it comes to live-streamed sports, and we look forward to bringing more of the very best action from the UFC Octagon to our viewers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David Shaw, UFC&#8217;s senior VP, added: \u201cNENT Group have been fantastic partners. They provide an incredible platform for our Nordic and international UFC superstars and share a common goal to help build the sport of MMA across the region. We look forward to continuing to work with NENT Group and delivering unrivaled live and televised MMA action to our Nordic fanbase.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has signed an extension of its exclusive Nordic UFC media rights in a multiyear agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":9825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1751,1551,1739],"class_list":["post-9824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-nent-group","tag-nordic-entertainment-group","tag-ufc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NENT Group Extends UFC Rights - 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\/2019\/12\/19\/nent-group-extends-ufc-rights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NENT Group Extends UFC Rights - 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