Danish households’ appetite for video streaming continues to grow. The number of paid subscriptions now exceeds four million, as more than half a million new subscriptions have been added in the past 12 months, according to Mediavision’s analysis of the Danish TV and streaming market. The interest in streaming video is reaching record levels in […]
Viaplay and Swedish telco Telia have agreed what they describe as an “innovative multi-year partnership” in Sweden that gives customers of both companies access to a broader range of content. Starting on December 13th, Telia’s TV and streaming customers can again access Viaplay Group’s live sports, series and film offerings through the Viaplay streaming service […]
Acclaimed director Birgitte Stærmose (‘Industry’; ‘The English Game’; ‘The Spanish Princess’) will helm Viaplay’s first Danish feature, the wryly humorous drama ‘Camino’. Headlined by a star Nordic cast featuring Lars Brygmann (‘Riders of Justice’; ‘Borgen’) and Danica Curcic (‘The Chestnut Man’; ‘Silent Heart’), ‘Camino’ portrays the complex relationship between a father and daughter walking a […]
Four dramatic periods in the life of Edvard Munch (1863-1944), one of the world’s greatest artists, will be depicted on screen in Viaplay’s Norwegian feature ‘Munch’. Alfred Ekker Strande (‘Ida Takes Charge’), Mattis Herman Nyquist (‘Headhunters’), Ola G. Furuseth (‘Made in Oslo’) and Anne Krigsvoll (‘Lilyhammer’) play Munch at different times in the film, directed […]
Viaplay Group and the International Handball Federation (IHF) have agreed a deal that makes the Viaplay streaming service home to the IHF’s competitions in 10 European countries until 2031. Fans will be able to stream more than 40 IHF events live and exclusively on Viaplay over the coming years, including all upcoming IHF Women’s and […]
Jakob Mejlhede Andersen, former Viaplay Group and Shahid Chief Content officer, has launched a new production and development company, The Yard Films, based out of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The executive team also includes Camilla Hammer, an industry expert with global acquisitions, sales and packaging experience and Phil Rostom, an industry veteran across the MENA […]
Viaplay’s next Swedish thriller series will be ‘Jana – Marked for Life’, based on a bestselling novel by Emelie Schepp about public prosecutor and former child soldier Jana Berzelius. Created and directed by the acclaimed duo Felix Herngren (the Oscar-nominated ‘The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared’) and Henrik Björn (the […]
The bestselling Swedish author Viveca Sten’s hit crime novels ‘The Åre Murders’ will be adapted as a drama series by Viaplay. Set in the simultaneously beautiful and bleak mountain landscapes of northern Sweden, the six-part show is produced by SF Studios in partnership with Viaplay and is directed by Joakim Eliasson (‘Honour’; ‘Gåsmamman’). Sten’s books […]
Viaplay Group has held Capital Markets Day (CMD), updating investors and analysts on its expectations for 2023. The CMD came less than a month since the company’s Q3 numbers drove the company’s share price down 8 percent. The CMD was more open on the company’s prospects for next year. Investment bank Jefferies admitted in a […]
Viaplay Group and the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) have agreed a five-year deal that makes the Viaplay streaming service the exclusive home of the PDC European Tour in the UK, the Netherlands, Poland and all Nordic and Baltic countries from February 2023. The PDC European Tour brings darts fans 13 live events across the season. […]