Leyra, a powerful end-to-end streaming platform with an open partner ecosystem, has announced that Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV), is the first public broadcaster to deploy on Leyra, the newly launched joint venture from Accedo and Magine Pro. RÚV’s service will launch on Samsung and LG platforms, offering both live and on-demand content, including […]
Sphere Abacus has announced a raft of scripted sales ahead of Content London. Compelling crime drama, Scrublands (4 x one hour), an Easy Tiger production in association with Third Act Stories, has been acquired by AMC Networks for Spain and Portugal, Proximus Media House – Belgium, and RUV – Iceland for Season 1. Scrublands: Silver (4 x […]
Icelandic film and TV production company Glassriver has partnered with Italy’s True Colours for the global distribution of its new original psychological thriller series BRKN, adapted from Jón Atli Jónasson’s novel BROTIN. True Colours will handle the international distribution of the series, which is currently in development. Set against the brooding backdrop of Reykjavik, BRKN […]
Icelandic film and TV production company Glassriver has announced the official launch of its dedicated film division with its debut feature, Dark Ocean, directed by Baldvin Z. The new division will be led by acclaimed director Baldvin Z, best known for the internationally lauded features Life in a Fishbowl, Let Me Fall and Jitters and […]
Icelandic film and TV production company Glassriver have announced its new original series Hot Stuff, a co-production with Romania’s Idea Film. Icelandic media company SÝN has commissioned the series for their Channel 2 and Oble has picked up global distribution rights. Hot Stuff is a comedy-drama set in 1979, following a group of Icelanders who […]
Icelandic film and TV production company has today announced its new original series Avalanche, a co-production with Finland’s Whatevergroup, starts production next week. Dynamic Television has picked up global distribution rights and Icelandic broadcaster Síminn has commissioned the series. Elin Hall, three-time nominee for Actress of the Year Eddan (The Icelandic Film Academy Awards) and […]
Icelandic film and TV studio Glassriver has announced it will co-produce its scripted series Masquerade with Nicholas Weinstock, producer of Apple TV+’s Severance and with his Hollywood-based company Invention Studios, and The Art of Coproduction’s Marc Lorber. In Masquerade, a young American reporter arrives in a small Icelandic village, investigating the old unsolved abduction case […]
Tulipop Studios, creator and owner of the Icelandic character-based IP, Tulipop, has hired industry veterans Jonathan Abraham and Hannah Dubcoff to manage Tulipop’s global TV distribution. Jonathan and Hannah will be responsible for the global sales of the new Tulipop Tales TV preschool series (52 x 7’), which is already a hit show in numerous […]
Icelandic film and TV production company Glassriver has optioned book trilogy Reykjavik Noir from bestselling author Lilja Sigurdardottir for a series adaption. Icelandic broadcaster Síminn has picked up the series. The first book in the series is Snare. After a messy divorce, young mother Sonja is struggling to provide for herself and win sole custody […]
Icelandic film and TV production company, Glassriver, has optioned the crime thriller book series Elma, from global bestselling author Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, for a series adaption. The first book in the Elma series is The Creak on the Stairs which is being adapted by screenwriter Karen Björg Eyfjörð Þorsteinsdóttir. The books have been translated into […]