
Canal Digital and TV2 have signed a new distribution agreement, six months after the start of the dispute saw the channels pulled from Norway’s cable network.
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Canal Digital and TV2 have signed a new distribution agreement, six months after the start of the dispute saw the channels pulled from Norway’s cable network.

The Norwegian ministry of culture has ordered executives from TV2 and Canal Digital to hold further talks to restore carriage of one of Norway’s most recognizable brands.

Canal Digital Kabel TV has made a new offer to TV2 over the carriage of the Norwegian commercial network’s thematic channels.
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TV2 had agreed a NKr390 million (€47 million) deal for the rights to the English Premier League in Norway just a month before their sale to the controversial football agent Rune Hauge.
Proposals to raise the amount paid by Norwegian cablenets for commercial channel TV2 by some 1,500% have been ruled illegal by the Cable Dispute Tribunal.
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