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Telenor, Google Cloud deepen partnership

Telenor Group has announced an expanded partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate Telenor’s digital transformation through advanced data capabilities. Telenor Group is a technology-driven communication services provider across the Nordics and Asia. Underpinning Telenor’s AI-First strategy and cloud-native ambitions, Telenor is transforming how it harnesses the power of its data, partnering with Google Cloud to […]

September 12, 2024

Hammond heads Gcore in UK and Nordics

Gcore, the edge AI, cloud, network and security solutions provider, has announced the appointment of Sean Hammond to lead its UK and Nordics territory. Hammond comes to Gcore after three years at Lumen Technologies. He has expertise in helping enterprises and broadcasters to deliver their applications closer to users, a skill that will be essential […]

September 4, 2024

Nordics: High viewer interest in unclaimed Serie A rights

Despite the the new Serie A season kicking off this weekend, the TV and streaming rights for the Italian football league remain unsold – at least officially – across all Nordic countries. Whoever picks up the right to distribute the Italian top league will have a solid fan base of around a million interested viewers […]

August 16, 2024

Bowley joins Chyron in UK, Nordics sales role

Chyron has announced the appointment of Adam Bowley as Regional Sales Director for the UK and Nordics. Bowley comes to Chyron with over 23 years of experience in the industry, having worked across various roles in sports broadcasting, motion graphics, and strategic management. His background includes time spent as a graphics operator and designer at […]

July 30, 2024

London Tech Week welcomes Nordic innovators

For Nordic founders, London Tech Week (June 10th – 14th) may end up shaping the futures of their businesses. For visitors from the Nordics and Baltics, London is also special because it’s where Tech Nordic Advocates – Northern Europe’s largest – and only pan-Nordic/Baltic tech startup ecosystem originated. The first non-UK sibling of Tech London […]

June 10, 2024

Viaplay scores UEFA football rights in Nordics

Viaplay Group has secured the exclusive rights to football from the men’s UEFA Champions League in Sweden and Denmark, exclusive rights to the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League in Norway and Finland, and shared rights to the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League in Iceland up to and including […]

May 29, 2024

Research: Streaming piracy growing in Nordics

Piracy has been a challenge for the Nordic media market for many years. Despite efforts to limit piracy, illegal consumption of films, series and live sports is growing in most Nordic markets, according to data from Mediavision. Currently, 25 per cent of all 15-74-year-olds in the Nordics say they have downloaded or illegally streamed content […]

May 28, 2024

Research: 3m SVoD accounts shared in the Nordics

Password sharing is a topic that has received a lot of attention in the past year. Also in the Nordics, SVoD services have communicated their intentions to restrict password sharing, reports Mediavision. Simply put, their desire is to get paid for all users that consume content on their platform and, as the market matures, the […]

May 7, 2024

Viaplay renews F1 rights in Netherlands, Nordics

Viaplay Group has renewed its rights to show Formula 1 in the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland up to and including the 2029 season. Motorsport fans in all six countries can continue to follow every second of action live on Viaplay Group’s platforms, together with local-language commentators and expert analysts, exclusive documentaries headlined […]

April 30, 2024

BBC Nordic celebrates first year with record growth

BBC Studios has announced that its enhanced linear channel, BBC Nordic, has achieved 1 per cent audience share and grown its ratings by 86 per cent over the past six months following its launch on April 17th 2023. BBC Nordic, which has been the number one channel in its competitive set three months in a […]

April 18, 2024