BritBox, the ad-free subscription streaming service created by the BBC and ITV, has started a distribution partnership with Elisa Viihde offering BritBox’s ad-free subscription streaming service on platform, becoming the third platform in Finland to offer the service. BritBox offers Finnish customers thousands of hours of premium British content, including BritBox Originals such as Irvine […]
SF Studios has signed a first look distribution agreement with Aurora Studios that will cover the Finnish production company’s slate until 2027. The deal is effective immediately with upcoming Finnish theatrical releases Herman the Clown and the Hypnotist (December 22), Four Little Adults (December 27) and The Missile (February 2). The partnership will strengthen SF […]
Nokia, the Finnish multinational telco, and consumer electronics corporation, has reported Q2 revenue declined 3 per cent to €5.7 billion in Q2 2023, with operating profit going down 12 per cent from €714 million in Q2 2022 to €626 million euro in Q2 2023. As announced on July 14th, Nokia now expects full year 2023 […]
BBC Studios has licensed the Top Gear format to Finland’s Nelonen channel and Ruutu streaming service to create a Finnish adaptation of the popular motor series. The Finnish adaptation will be presented by comedian, musician and author Ismo Leikola, former elite Ice hockey winger Teemu Selänne, and actor Christoffer Strandberg, and is set to air […]
SVoD take-up in Finland is on the rise, reports Mediavision. During this spring, subscribing SVoD households in the country have passed 1.5 million, corresponding to a penetration of 61 per cent. This equates to an annual growth of 8 per cent in subscribing households. As in the other Nordic countries, the growth can largely be […]
SPI International has announced the launch of its free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channel, Filmstream, on Samsung TV Plus in Norway, Finland, and Denmark. The channel offers viewers access to a wide range of independent and classic movies. “We are delighted to build on our partnership with Samsung TV Plus by launching Filmstream in three additional […]
Czechia and Finland will present their first-ever Hockey Day celebrations in March designed to bring communities together around the sport of hockey and its many forms through TV broadcasts and in-person free activations for fans of all ages and those new to the sport. Hockey Day in Czechia on March 4 and Hockey Day in […]
After a successful proof of concept, the Finnish commercial broadcasters MTV Oy and Sanoma Media Finland have signed a contract with measurement specialist dataBreeders to develop Total TV advertising measurement and currency to market in 2023. Finland will be one of the first countries in the world to enable a Total TV currency with the […]
Netflix has announced that it is creating an internal game development studio in Helsinki, Finland. The studio will be led by Marko Lastikka, Zynga’s vice president, as its director, and it will become Netflix’s fourth game studio upon completion. In a blog post, Amir Rahimi, VP of Game Studios at Netflix, said: “This is another […]
Global video solutions provider, Accedo, has announcesd the appointment of Pernilla Wranéus as its new VP People and Culture, reporting to CEO Michael Lantz. Wranéus brings more than 20 years of experience from the IT/Telecom sector in different senior leadership roles, most recently at Ericsson as Head of People for the global IoT business unit. In […]