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Viaplay surpasses 4m paying subs

NENT has reported that its Viaplay streaming service has seen paying subscribers rise by 33 per cent YoY to just over 4 million, with 397,000 subscribers added QoQ. NENT also reported 12 per cent organic sales growth with reported sales of SEK 3,553 million (€340.2m). Anders Jensen, NENT President and CEO, commented: “We ended the […]

February 8, 2022

Netgem eyes 500,000 subs in 2022

Netgem has posted a 30 per cent growth in subscribers – direct and non-direct – reaching a total of 363,000 customers in 2021. The company, which attributes the rise to the development of its content-as-a-service activity, is forecasting 500,000 subscribers by the end of 2022. Netgem’s main markets are the Nordics, UK and France. In […]

January 28, 2022From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Paradox/SF Studios announce Norwegian suspense drama Storm

SF Studios hasannounced the new feature film Storm from its Norwegian production company Paradox with the debutant director Erika Calmeyer. The film is a suspense drama and stars Ane Dahl Torp (Charter) in the lead role portraying a mother in an impossible situation, as it questions: can the unconditional love between a mother and her […]

January 27, 2022

NENT named top sustainability performer

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has been recognised as a leading sustainability performer by Sustainalytics, a global sustainability research, ratings and data firm. Following analysis of more than 4,000 companies around the world, Sustainalytics has awarded NENT Group a 2022 Industry Top-Rated Badge as well as a newly introduced Regional Top-Rated Badge. Sustainalytics is part […]

January 19, 2022

Paramount+ to premiere The Envoys on Jan 20

Paramount+, the streaming service from ViacomCBS, has announced that the Spanish-language series The Envoys (“Los Enviados”) will premiere in the United States on Thursday, Jan. 20. The original series features an all-star cast, including Luis Gerardo Méndez (“Narcos: Mexico,” “Charlie’s Angels”), Miguel Ángel Silvestre (“Narcos,” “Sense8”), Irene Azuela (“Sense8”), and Miguel Rodarte (“Narcos: Mexico”). Oscar® […]

January 18, 2022

Report: HBO Max adds 635,000 Nordic subs

In October 2021, HBO Nordic was exchanged for the Warner service HBO Max in the Nordic countries. Figures from Mediavision show that this had a noticeable effect on the total number of Nordic SVoD subscriptions. Thanks to the relaunch, the service is now back on the Nordic SVoD top-three list, with an average Nordic household […]

January 11, 2022

BritBox expands into Nordics with C More

BritBox International, the streaming service from BBC Studios and ITV, will soon be available in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway through a distribution partnership with C More. The partnership marks the first strategic distribution deal for BritBox in the Nordics, and means Britbox will be available in a total of eight countries. From early 2022, […]

December 14, 2021

Viaplay launches in US on Dec 15

Nordic streaming service Viaplay will launch in the US on December 15th and offering a line-up of Nordic entertainment, including US exclusives of Viaplay Originals, and acquired movies and series. The service will be initially available on Comcast’s entertainment devices, including Xfinity X1, Xfinity Flex and the recently announced XClass TV. Viaplay will be available […]

December 13, 2021

Grass Valley, Broadcast Solutions Group sign enterprise pricing agreement

Grass Valley has signed an enterprise pricing deal with leading outside broadcast (OB) truck manufacturing company and systems integrator Broadcast Solutions Group. The deal will see Broadcast Solutions commit to an investment of $31 million over a five-year period to deliver on its strategic vision to develop mission-critical premium live content solutions for global media […]

December 2, 2021

ViacomCBS, NENT partner for Pluto TV Nordics launch

ViacomCBS Networks International and Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT) have announced a partnership to bring Pluto TV to Sweden, Denmark and Norway in 2022. The service will combine ViacomCBS’ free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) service with the biggest pan-Nordic ApOD platform Viafree. NENT Group will serve as the platform’s leading advertising sales partner. Pluto TV will […]

November 29, 2021