Monaco and Finland-based film and TV production company Pig & Horse Productions have announced its new talent show series Europe’s K-Pop Odyssey; a social-to-screen branded format that follows a European-wide search for the next K-Pop superstars, celebrating the proliferation of the popular genre around the world. Europe’s K-Pop Odyssey is a TV format designed for […]
Whatever Pictures has announced its launch following the merger of Finnish scripted independent production companies – Whatevergroup and Mutant Koala Pictures. The two Finnish scripted indies form a new scripted studio headquartered in Oulu. Whatever Pictures’ slate spans thrillers, mysteries, dramas, comedies and high-end documentaries, and it will aspire to collaborate with top-tier writers, directors, and creative […]
Finnish technology companies Media Tailor and SPX Graphics have announced a partnership to enable media organisations to adopt the new generation of HTML graphics as easily and cost-effectively as possible. The cooperation includes joint marketing, sales, customer project delivery, and technical support. Both companies see cross-border collaboration as essential for solution development and international expansion. […]
Finland’s transition to HD television broadcasts will be completed at 8am (local time) on June 30th, when standard-definition commercial channels will be removed from terrestrial and cable TV networks across the country. Once Digita, the Finnish towerco, has completed the changes, it advises a channel search may be required in terrestrial households in order to […]
Monaco and Finland-based film and TV production company Pig & Horse Productions has launched with a slate of documentaries and unscripted formats. Founder Salla Kozma have unveiled the first documentary from the company. Reflections of Gaugin, which is already in production. Pig & Horse Productions is working in partnership with media veteran and former Fremantle […]
Mediavision reports that ad-supported streaming services are gaining ground in Finland. According to Mediavision’s latest Nordic TV & Streaming analysis, 15 per cent of Finnish households now subscribe to at least one paid ad-supported streaming service (HVoD). This marks a significant increase of more than 65 per cent compared to the same period in 2024. […]
Viaplay Group and Finnish telco Elisa have extended their long-term partnership through a new, multi-year distribution agreement. The renewed deal secures continued access for Elisa customers to Viaplay’s sports, films and series offerings via the Viaplay streaming service and Viaplay Group’s TV channels. The agreement marks the next step in an evolving relationship. For many […]
Nokia and Digita are expanding their partnership with CoreGo, a company specialising in payment and access control solutions for events, to provide secure and reliable data transmission for large Finnish and international events. This collaboration has enabled multiple deployments in the last two years, benefited sports and festival organisers with reliable connectivity, and significantly improved […]
Since 2018, the number of paid streaming subscribers in Finland has doubled, surpassing three million by the end of 2024. Today, 60 per cent of the households have at least one paid streaming service, according to research from Mediavision. This is considerably lower than in the other Nordic countries, where the household penetration averages around […]
Teleste and Telia Finland have signed a multi-year collaboration agreement transferring the operation and development responsibilities for broadband and TV services in Telia Finland’s cable network to Teleste. The service transition is expected to conclude by the end of 2024, with a select group of key personnel joining Teleste as part of the transfer. With […]