SF Studios has acquired the film adaptation rights to Sara Blædel’s popular children’s crime series De Berygtede (The Notorious), including the first book The Notorious: The Mystery of the Blue Lady. Already a major success among young readers, the series will now be developed into a Danish family film produced by SF Studios, with Sara […]
SF Studios has announced that Katarina Werner has been appointed EVP & General Manager SF Anytime, effective June. With more than 15 years of experience scaling digital, subscription, and content-driven businesses across media and streaming, she will lead the continued development and growth of SF Anytime. I am very pleased that Katarina will join SF […]
Shares in Viaplay Group, the Nordic streaming service, jumped by over 2 per cent following a Bloomberg report suggesting that its largest shareholders, Canal+ and PPF Group, are plotting a joint bid for the company, before giving up part of the gains. The stock rose following the report that Canal+ and PPF, which together control […]
BBC Studios has announced the launch of BBC Nordic as a dedicated, on‑demand destination on SAS Airlines. Travellers on SAS Airlines can now access a tailored collection designed for the inflight environment. Content available to passengers at launch includes travel series Where the Wild Men Are with Ben Fogle and Scandinavia with Simon Reeve, wildlife […]
Viaplay Group has strengthened its English football offering in the Nordics by securing the broadcast rights to the English Football League (EFL) Championship in a new multi-year deal. The agreement ensures fans can watch every Championship match live, alongside Viaplay Group’s portfolio of Premier League, Carabao Cup, FA Cup, and selected League One and League […]
Viaplay Group, the Nordic entertainment provider, has reported Q4 net sales of SEK 4.9 billion (€0.46bn) and total operating income before associated company income (ACI) and items affecting comparability (IAC) of SEK 158 million. Q4 reported operating income fell SEK -637 million, attributed to the full acquisition of satellite firm Allente. Overall, sales for the […]
Finite Films & TV and Shoni Productions have announced a television adaptation of Conny Palmkvist’s non-fiction bestselling, The Elsinore Crossing (Sundets Röda Nejlikor), as limited series The Sound. Award-winning filmmaker Ole Bornedal (Nightwatch, The Possession, 1864) will create and develop the script drawing from the book’s real events to blend 1940-43 occupation history with a 2010 present-day frame where lived memory challenges fiction in its impact. […]
Tulipop Studios in-house sales team has secured a raft of new US and international distribution deals for its preschool series Tulipop Tales (52 x 7’) extending the brand’s global reach. New partners include partnerships with Amazon Prime Direct, HappyKids, Kidoodle, Zone·TV, Dreamscape, Cycle Kids and Ketchup TV. While several of the deals cover worldwide distribution, all […]
Mediavision’s latest Nordic Content Analysis show that country-specific streaming services generate substantially higher impact per hour of available content than global players. The analysis compares total content supply (measured in runtime hours) with household subscription penetration across streaming services available in the Nordics. “Local streaming services outperform globals in terms of household penetration per hour […]
CosmoBlue Media has announced the launch of YouLook Stories and YouLook Western, two new speciality channels now available across the Nordics (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland) and the Benelux region (Netherlands, Belgium), with additional localised territories to follow. These launches continue CosmoBlue Media’s expansion across Europe, bringing curated entertainment to audiences seeking genre-focused content experiences. Launching […]