Viaplay Group has entered into an agreement to sell its Dutch streaming and broadcasting operations to Videoland (owned by DPG Media) for €142 million on a cash and debt free basis. Jørgen Madsen Lindemann, Viaplay Group President and CEO, commented: “The sale is in line with our strategic transformation and the priority to focus on […]
Viaplay Content Distribution’s crime drama Mafia has secured sales across 41 international markets, continuing to build international momentum ahead of its Swedish premiere. The six-part series has been picked up by a range of broadcasters and platforms, including TG4 (Ireland), RTL Voyo (Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina), BeTV (Belgium, Luxembourg), Filmin (Spain), HOT (Israel, West Bank), Bell Media […]
Viaplay Content Distribution has closed 60 title deals across Central and Eastern Europe in recent months, continuing to strengthen its regional presence through agreements with a number of broadcasters and platforms ahead of NEM Dubrovnik, in addition to its wider Viaplay Film & Series and Viaplay Select curated services in the region. Among the headline […]
Viaplay Group has held its Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM resolved to re-elect Simon Duffy, Andrea Gisle Joosen, Erik Forsberg, Katarina Bonde, Maxime Saada, Anna Bäck, Didier Stoessel and Annica Witschard as board members as well as to elect Edyta Sadowska as new board member until the end of the next AGM. Furthermore, the […]
Churchill Downs plays host to Kentucky Derby 152 on May 2nd. HBA Media, acting on behalf of NBC Sports and Churchill Downs Incorporated, has announced that this year’s edition will be seen by audiences across five continents, with broadcast and streaming rights secured across 19 networks in more than 170+ territories. It’s not just the […]
Viaplay Group has extended its exclusive rights to men’s UEFA Champions League football in Denmark, and the exclusive rights to the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League in Norway and Finland, for four years to 2031. Jørgen Madsen Lindemann, Viaplay Group President and CEO, commented: “We are very pleased to have extended our partnership […]
Viaplay Q1 Highlights Core operations net sales of SEK 5,278m (pro forma SEK 5,399m1) stable on an organic basis, and Core operation EBITDA before ACI and IAC of SEK 101m (pro forma SEK 86m1) Group net sales of SEK 5,279m (4,374), operating income of SEK -234m (38) including ACI of SEK 0m (34) and IAC2 […]
Ahead of Viaplay Group;s Annual General Meeting on May 12th, the Group’s Nomination Committee has proposed the re-election of Andrea Gisle Joosen, Erik Forsberg, Katarina Bonde, Maxime Saada, Anna Bäck, Didier Stoessel, and Annica Witschard as members of the Board of Directors, new election of Edyta Sadowska as board member and the re-election of Simon […]
Just over two months remain until the next edition of NEM Dubrovnik, the region’s largest CEE TV market. As over the past 13 years, professionals from FTAs, pay-TV channels, streamers, production and distribution companies, media and marketing agencies, and other TV industry specialists will come together from across Europe and beyond, to explore the latest […]
Filippa Wallestam has been appointed Non-Executive Director of Racecourse Media Group (RMG), the global media rights organisation for 37 British racecourse shareholders. She joins on April 1st. Wallestam brings to RMG an extensive knowledge and experience in digital media strategy. She spent nine years at Viaplay, the Nordic entertainment provider, where she held various roles, […]