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Viaplay’s Furia returning for new season

Viaplay will premiere a second season of the Norwegian Viaplay Original ‘Furia’ in 2023. A dark and multi-layered drama that explores the disturbing underworld of right-wing terrorism, ‘Furia’ is created by International Emmy winner Gjermund Stenberg Eriksen (‘Mammon’) and stars Nordic and international talents Ine Marie Wilmann (‘Sonja: The White Swan’), Pål Sverre Hagen (‘Kon-Tiki’) […]

November 4, 2022

Mobile service revenues boost Telenor Q3

Telenor, the Norwegian multinational telco, has reported Q3 revenues were NOK 28.4 billion (€2.75bn), an increase of NOK 1 billion compared to the same period last year. Service revenues increased by 2.5 per cent on an organic basis. “We see positive trends for mobile service revenues in the Nordic region, with a growth of 4 […]

October 26, 2022

Viaplay hits 6.4m subs

Viaplay has reported a 78 per cent year-on-year growth in subscriber numbers, with the pay-OTT service reporting a total of 6.4 million subscribers in Q3 2022. Viaplay reported net sales of SEK3,972 million (€360.8m) in the quarter, up from SEK3,054 million in the same period last year. It had a net loss of SEK86 million, […]

October 25, 2022

Rydbeck names Head of International Sales at Clipsource

Nordic media-tech platform Clipsource has appointed Märta Rydbeck as the new Head of International Sales. Rydbeck’s extensive experience in media and technology solutions will help Clipsource expand its media and metadata sharing services across Europe and the US. Rydbeck said: “With the proliferation of content whether through FAST, VOD or linear it’s a challenge for […]

October 18, 2022

SkyShowtime begins European rollout

Streaming service SkyShowtime has gone live in Europe, launching in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden for the first time. The service has also announced upcoming launches in the Netherlands and Portugal, which will both go live on October 25th. SkyShowtime CEO, Monty Sarhan, said: “Our time has come. It’s finally time for SkyShowtime. We are […]

September 20, 2022

Report: OTT a third of TV subscriptions in Nordics

In the Nordics, the pay-TV landscape has changed considerably since the introduction of OTT services, reports Dataxis. The region was a testbed for some of the most popular streaming services when they first addressed the European market, with Netflix and HBO available there since 2012 already. Ten years later, it’s easy to see how the […]

September 7, 2022

WBD names Nordic leadership team

The management team that will lead Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) forwards in the Nordics has been announced by Christina Sulebakk following her appointment in June as General Manager. Sulebakk commented: “The Nordics is a highly developed media market and Warner Bros Discovery is one of the leading media businesses in the region, reaching millions of […]

September 5, 2022

Netflix, Sámi Film Institute partnership

The International Sámi Film Institute and Netflix have entered into a partnership to support and further develop Sámi voices in the Nordic region. The partnership is part of the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity, which aims to help create new opportunities to support diversity and representation within the entertainment industry through training and up-skilling initiatives. […]

August 31, 2022

Bank: “Nordic Noir helps Viaplay”

A report from Jefferies Bank suggests that Viaplay has married its dominance (indeed, creation) of a genre – in Nordic Noir – to top-flight sports rights to become a household name in streaming in the Nordic regions. It is now in the foothills of replicating the playbook internationally. The bank says it is optimistic on […]

August 10, 2022

Viaplay adds 766k subs in Q2

Viaplay, the Nordic streaming service, has reported that paying subscribers were up 69 per cent year-on-year to 5,549,000 with 766,000 subscribers added quarter-on-quarter. The company has raised its year end subscriber target from 7 million to 7.3 million to reflect higher expected international subscriber intake. Viaplay reported a total operating income of SEK 205 million […]

July 21, 2022