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MTG partners with DFL to professionalise Virtual Bundesliga

  Modern Times Group (MTG)-owned esports outfit ESL Gaming and the German Football League (DFL)…

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MTG merges esports brands ESL Gaming and DreamHack

Swedish Modern Times Group (MTG) has announced the merger of its esports brands ESL Gaming…

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Modern Times Group names new CEO

Modern Times Group (MTG) has named its chief financial officer Maria Redin as president and…

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MTG esports outfits strike exclusive streaming deal with Twitch

Modern Times Group (MTG)-owned esports outfits ESL and DreamHack have struck a three-year streaming agreement…

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MTG sells Gen Z video outfit Zoomin

Modern Times Group has sold 100% ownership of Zoomin, its youth-oriented digital production outfit, to…

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MTG unveils plan for major new esports initiative

Modern Times Group (MTG) has unveiled plans for a major new esports tour, the ESL…

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MTG in esports joint venture deal with China’s Huya

Modern Times Group (MTG) has signed up to create a strategic joint venture as part…

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MTG looks to invest in Kongregate founder’s new gaming venture

Modern Times Group (MTG)-owned gaming outfit Kongregate’s CEO and co-founder Emily Greer is leaving the…

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MTG completes Nova sale

Modern Times Group (MTG) has completed the sale of its 95% majority stake in Nova…

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MTG’s sale of Nova Group gets regulatory approval

MTG’s sale of its 95% shareholding in Bulgaria’s Nova Broadcasting Group to Advance Media Group has…

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MTG eSports unit in move to create new Swedish tournament

Modern Times Group (MTG)-owned eSports outfit DreamHack has teamed up with the Swedish Elite Football…

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MTG’s Jette Nygaard-Andersen to leave group

Modern Times Group (MTG) digital chief Jette Nygaard-Andersen is to leave the group to pursue…

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NENT acquires WTA tennis rights

Modern Times Group’s soon-to-be-spun-off TV and streaming arm Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has acquired…

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Nordic Entertainment expands deal with Fox Networks Group

Nordic Entertainment (NENT), the soon-to-be-split-off TV and streaming arm of Modern Times Group (MTG) has…

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Nordic Entertainment listing on track as MTG posts strong growth

Modern Times Group (MTG) is on track to list its Nordic Entertainment arm as a…

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Nordic Entertainment to be listed next March

Modern Times Group is to move ahead with the split-off of broadcasting and streaming arm…

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Kinnevik completes distribution of MTG shares

Sweden’s Kinnevik has completed the completed the distribution of its shares in Modern Times Group…

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New name for Viasat Sport Baltic channel

All Media Baltics, the Providence Equity Partners-backed outfit that took control of Modern Times Group’s…

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Bulgarian watchdog says no to MTG’s Nova sale

Bulgaria’s competition regulator, the Commission on Protection of Competition has blocked the sale of Modern…

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Gaming boosts MTGx as Modern Times Group preps for split

A strong contribution from gaming outfit InnoGames helped boost Modern Times Group’s MTGx unit’s revenues…

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Kinnevik CFO quits MTG board ahead of shares distribution

Kinnevik chief financial officer Joakim Andersson has resigned from Modern Times Group’s board of directors…

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TDC to sell Norwegian business to Telia for €2.2bn

Danish telco TDC has agreed to sell its Norwegian business to Sweden’s Telia for NOK21…

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TDC CEO to quit as Macquarie acquisition signals change in direction

Danish cable and telecom operator TDC’s CEO Pernille Erenbjerg is to leave the company after…

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Vodafone in eSports partnership with ESL

Vodafone has struck an eSports partnership with Modern Times Group (MTG)-owned ESL that will see…

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MTG reports strong Q1 results ahead of business split

Modern Times Group (MTG) reported strong first quarter results with 9% organic growth and profits…

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MTG unveils Nordic Entertainment Group management team

Nordic Entertainment Group – the renamed and soon-to-be split-off broadcasting arm of Modern Times Group…

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MTG proposes gaming industry veteran for the board

Modern Times Group (MTG) has proposed that games and entertainment industry executive, Gerhard Florin, join…

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Modern Times Group to split in two

Modern Times Group (MTG) is to split in two, with its free and pay TV…

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SVOD taking a greater share in Nordic markets

Subscription video-on-demand has grown its share of overall subscription video expenditure in the Nordic markets…

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TV4, Discovery, MTG and Telia team up in targeted ad initiative

Telia, TV4 Group, Discovery Networks and Modern Times Group (MTG) have teamed up to launch…