Disney has acquired the rights to show the next three seasons of the UEFA Europa League and Europa Conference League tournaments on its Disney+ streaming service in Denmark and Sweden. Through a deal with football governing body UEFA, Disney+ will stream the 2024-25, 2025-26 and 2026-27 campaigns from the second-tier and third-tier European club football […]
Ericsson, as previously outlined, expects a challenging mobile networks market in 2024, with further volume contraction as customers remain cautious. In line with managing lower volumes, Ericsson has announced staff reductions in Sweden. The company says the measure “is part of the global initiatives to improve the cost position, including headcount reductions, while maintaining investments […]
Viaplay Group has announced the appointment of Johan Johansson as Executive Vice President, Group Chief Financial Officer and co-CEO of the Group’s Swedish operations. Johansson will join Viaplay Group no later than August 1st. Christian Albeck, Executive Vice President, Content Acquisition since July 2023, will now also take on the additional role of co-CEO of […]
SPI International, a Canal+ company, has announced the launch of its Dizi channel and Dizi on-demand content on the Nordic entertainment company Allente’s platform. This partnership enables SPI International to bring Turkish dramas to viewers across the Nordics, commencing with Sweden, with plans for launches in Norway, Denmark, and Finland scheduled for a later date. […]
Net Insight partners with Mobilelinks, a premier service provider of broadcast and media transport services, to deliver a UHD broadcasting experience for the Swedish Ice Hockey League (SHL), Sweden’s top-tier ice hockey league. While TV4 plays its pivotal role as the broadcaster of the premium rights of ice hockey (SHL), Mobilelinks is entrusted with the […]
Agile Content, a provider of Internet television and video solutions, has deployed its Agile CDN Director solution at Telenor Sweden, one of the largest telcos in the country. This new product adoption continues a decade-long partnership to drive efficiencies and better manage utilisation of Agile Content subsidiary Edgeware’s content delivery network. Taking into account the […]
Satellite operator Ovzon AB turned in a disappointing set of numbers during its Q4 and full year trading results for the period to December 31st 2023. Sweden-based Ovzon reported 2023 full-year revenue of 290 million Swedish krona (€26.5m), down 18.8 per cent from 2022, with an increased operating loss of 95 million krona compared to […]
BBC Studios and Swedish national public television broadcaster, Sveriges Television AB (SVT) have announced a new factual content deal that will see over 280 hours of BBC Studios’ factual content on SVT channels and services including SVT1, SVT2, Knowledge Channel and SVT Play. Titles include the Emmy-award winning series Life Below Zero (Seasons 1-8) which […]
Cheaper, ad-supported streaming options have launched with success in many markets. For example, in the US, Netflix has reported that the company’s ad-supported tier now has 23 million active users per month. But this is still a relatively new phenomenon in Sweden, reports Mediaivison. Currently, just 200,000 – around 7 per cent – of streaming […]
Stockholm-based Ovzon has received an order from Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) for Ovzon’s SATCOM-as-a-Service, including Ovzon mobile satellite terminals — the service will be delivered during 2024 with the initial rollout to occur during Q1. The delivery of terminals will start immediately. The total order value amounts to 135 million Swedish Krona. Ovzon’s latest satellite […]