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 […]
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 […]
In a move that accelerates its entry into UK, ahead of the launch of the Viaplay streaming service in the country this autumn, streaming platform operator Viaplay Group is to acquire UK sports streamer and TV channel operator Premier Sports. The transaction values Premier Sports at £30 million (€35.2m) on a cash and debt-free basis. […]
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 […]
Viaplay Group has appointed Edward Breeze as SVP and Head of Sports UK. Breeze has held a range of executive positions in the UK sports industry, and in his new role he will lead Viaplay Group’s sports operations in the region. Breeze will join Viaplay Group in October from DAZN, where he is currently EVP […]