Viaplay Group has secured the exclusive rights to football from the men’s UEFA Champions League in Sweden and Denmark, exclusive rights to the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League in Norway and Finland, and shared rights to the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League in Iceland up to and including […]
Piracy has been a challenge for the Nordic media market for many years. Despite efforts to limit piracy, illegal consumption of films, series and live sports is growing in most Nordic markets, according to data from Mediavision. Currently, 25 per cent of all 15-74-year-olds in the Nordics say they have downloaded or illegally streamed content […]
Password sharing is a topic that has received a lot of attention in the past year. Also in the Nordics, SVoD services have communicated their intentions to restrict password sharing, reports Mediavision. Simply put, their desire is to get paid for all users that consume content on their platform and, as the market matures, the […]
Viaplay Group has renewed its rights to show Formula 1 in the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland up to and including the 2029 season. Motorsport fans in all six countries can continue to follow every second of action live on Viaplay Group’s platforms, together with local-language commentators and expert analysts, exclusive documentaries headlined […]
BBC Studios has announced that its enhanced linear channel, BBC Nordic, has achieved 1 per cent audience share and grown its ratings by 86 per cent over the past six months following its launch on April 17th 2023. BBC Nordic, which has been the number one channel in its competitive set three months in a […]
Agile Content, the Spanish publicly listed company and provider of streaming and internet TV solutions, has announced an agreement with Ålcom, a mobile and network operator based in the Åland Islands which provides converged mobile, broadband IPTV, CATV and ICT services to over 210.000 broadband customers across Finland. The alliance will provide scalable high quality […]
Nordic online video viewers’ demand for local content grew in autumn 2023 compared to the same period in 2022 reports Mediavision. Local fiction and entertainment now accounts for 25 per cent of all online viewing on curated on demand content. This excludes live sports, news and social media content. However, the available streaming supply of […]
Viaplay Group has extended its exclusive rights to show UFC in four Nordic countries in a new multi-year agreement. MMA fans in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway can look forward to more than 40 live UFC events on the Viaplay streaming service each year, including all UFC numbered events and Fight Nights. Viaplay’s next UFC […]
Love Nature, a wildlife and nature brand with linear and streaming channels, has announced that it will launch on Allente, the pan-Nordic pay-TV and streaming platform. As part of the deal, Love Nature will reach Allente audiences across Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland, expanding its reach across Nordic countries and marking its debut in the […]
The total Nordic video market is expected to reach €9.8 billion for the full year of 2023. The total market has grown two per cent yearly over the past four years, excluding currency effects (fixed to 2019). If this growth rate remains, the market will surpass €10 billion in 2024, forecasts Mediavision. The Nordic video […]