Formula 1 World Drivers’ Champion Max Verstappen and Viaplay have expanded their long-term, multi-market partnership. The Viaplay logo will be displayed on Verstappen’s race helmet from the upcoming Singapore Grand Prix onwards, and on the peak of his official Formula 1 driver cap starting next season. Verstappen will also feature in additional exclusive content for […]
Viaplay has chosen Clipsource, the PR and communication platform, to support its content communications across local markets in Europe and the US. Viaplay says the agreement makes it easier for its businesses to publish and share news, images, videos, schedules and metadata information to a broad range of stakeholders. The ultimate goal is to increase […]
Skyline Communications, global leading provider of end-to-end vendor- and domain-agnostic digital transformation solutions for the ICT media and broadband industry, is proud to announce that Viaplay has chosen Skyline’s DataMiner as the management platform to streamline their production workflows and signal routing across multiple countries. With the continuous expansion of Viaplay Group into new territories, optimizing their media […]
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 […]
Nuuday, formerly part of Danish telco TDC, is launching a new hybrid TV and streaming platform branded YouSee Play. The service allows users to put together packages and replace services on an ongoing basis. Nuuday said the service is a response to changing consumer behaviour, noting that over half Danish households now combine TV packages […]
‘My Fault’, the bestselling autobiography by the renowned Norwegian politician and former minister Abid Raja, has begun development by Viaplay as a major drama series. Star director Per-Olav Sørensen (‘Quicksand’; ‘The Playlist’) and scriptwriter Odd-Magnus Williamson (‘Aber Bergen’; ‘Nothing to Laugh About’) are the first names attached to the ambitious Norwegian-language production, which is developed […]
Mediavision has analysed how the market for TV and streaming in Sweden was affected by households’ increasing concerns about the economy in Q2 2022. The analysis shows that households in Sweden continue to pay for their streaming subscriptions and that the market is growing according to trend. This results in a record quarter for the […]
Season 1 of the Extreme E racing series has been captured in unprecedented detail in the documentary series ‘Race for the Planet’, and is now set to launch on Viaplay in Baltic and Nordic countries, Netherlands and Poland on August 26th.Beginning in the historic Saudi Arabian desert and taking in the ecological and geological diversity […]
Viaplay’s next Danish Viaplay Original is the comedy-drama ‘Call Me Dad’, starring top local talents Alex Høgh Andersen (‘Vikings’), Magnus Haugaard (‘Guilt’) and Ellen Hillingsø (‘The Bridge’). Produced by Nordisk Film Series, written by Søren Felbo (‘Sunday’) and directed by Christian Dyekjær (‘Guru’), the six-part show joins Viaplay’s pipeline of Danish Originals and is scheduled […]
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has agreed a long-term, multi-market partnership with Viaplay. The Norwegian footballer will star in an exclusive documentary that will give Viaplay viewers insights into both his meteoric career and personal life. Haaland will also become a Viaplay ambassador in the nine European countries in which Viaplay holds the rights to […]