Norwegian wifi company Eye Networks has signed an agreement with eero, an Amazon company, for the distribution of mesh wifi products and services to Nordic broadband service providers. “This is our biggest distribution agreement to date,” said Jan Pedro Tumusok, CEO of Eye Networks. The eero for Service Providers program combines eero hardware with subscription […]
SF Studios has announced that Silje Nikoline Glimsdal has been recruited as Senior Acquisition Manager. Silje will focus on SF Studios’ Nordic acquisitions and co-productions, and occasionally on the company’s international acquisition slate. Silje will join SF Studios on November 1st. After starting her career as an intern at Zentropa in 2009, Glimsdal joined their […]
Telia, the Swedish multinational telco, has reported that net sales declined 1.1 per cent to SEK 43,691 million (€42.5m) and like for like, net sales increased 2.4 per cent in H1. Service revenues decreased 3.1 per cent to SEK 37,629 million and like for like, service revenues increased 0.4 per cent in the same period. […]
Telenor, the multinational telco, returned to growth in the second quarter. The growth was driven by strong performance in the Nordics combined with a growing subscriber base and increased data consumption in the Asian markets. Subscription and traffic revenues increased by 2 per cent. Combined with progress on the modernisation agenda this resulted in an […]
Ferly, the Finnish animation, publishing, and licensing studio, announced today that it has a co-production deal with global animation studio, Toonz Media Group for its new animation series, Kingdom of None. Aimed at children aged between 5 – 8 years, Kingdom of None celebrates kids’ imaginations, as well as their ability to discover the playfulness […]
Norwegian TV streaming technology company Norigin Media has been chosen as part of the 5GMediaHUB Consortium, alongside Telenor and NTNU from Norway and other European companies. The project’s goal is to become a world leader in 5G, accelerating the validation of innovative 5G-empowered media and entertainment applications. The consortium is funded by the European Commission […]
The first Norwegian Netflix film Cadaver will launch October 22 globally on Netflix. The film is written and directed by the young and talented director Jarand Herdal and stars Gitte Witt, Thorbjørn Harr and Thomas Gullestad. Cadaver is a Norwegian psychological horror film that takes us on a journey where humanity is being put to […]
The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer & International segment has set September 15th as the launch date for Disney+ in eight new markets across Western and Northern Europe. The streaming service will launch in Portugal, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Belgium and Luxembourg and will retail at the following prices: €6.99 (monthly)/€69.99 (annually) in Portugal, Belgium, […]
Disney+ will debut in the Nordics on September 15th and Mediavision research reveals that the interest for the service is already strong. Close to 1.5 million Nordic households claim they have plans to sign up. If they follow through on their plans, it would immediately make Disney one of the largest SVoD services in the […]
Eurosport is set to offer exclusive coverage of Norway’s premier domestic football competition – the Eliteserien – from June 16th to coincide with the opening round of the 2020 season. Football fans will be able to watch at least two games live from each matchday – initially for the first three rounds of the Eliteserien […]