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Viaplay orders first Icelandic original
Scandinavian SVOD player Viaplay’s latest original is an Icelandic drama. The commission of Stella Blómkvist…
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MTG chief: ‘make your mind up time’ for broadcasters
Traditional broadcasters have to “make up their mind” about what they want to be, at…
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Modern Times Group sells Baltic ops as it turns towards digital
Modern Times Group (MTG) is selling its operations in the Baltic states to Providence Equity…
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Viaplay taps Unified Streaming for content delivery
Modern Times Group (MTG)-owned Nordic OTT TV service Viaplay has chosen Unified Streaming, a provider of…
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Modern Times Group sees strong Q4 growth
Nordic and international pay and free TV outfit Modern Times Group (MTG) turned in a…
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Fox and Viaplay team up for Fox+ streaming service
Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa and Viaplay have launched Fox+, a new drama and…
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Viaplay orders OTT original from The Bridge scribe
Viaplay’s push into original programming has continued with an order for The Lawyer, a scripted…
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MTG programming exec leaves for Endemol Shine
MTG Sweden’s vice-president of programming, Karin Stjärne, has left to become CEO of Endemol Shine…
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MTG sells Czech TV assets to invest in ‘digital transformation’
Modern Times Group has sold its 50% shareholding in Czech free-to-air broadcaster Prima, with plans…
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Aalborg’s AN-TV signs up for eSports TV
Danish cable operator Stofa’s partner community antenna network in the city of Aalborg, AN-TV, is…
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MTG Norway appoints new CEO
MTG Norway has appointed Nice Entertainment Group CEO Morten Aass as its new chief executive…
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MTG offloads loss-making African TV operations
Sweden-based media group MTG has completed the sale of its loss-making free TV channels and…
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Trace Urban expands in Central and Eastern Europe
Trace has launched its Trace Urban music channel on Total TV in Serbia, Slovenia and…
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MTG and TF1 secure handball rights
Modern Times Group has secured exclusive Nordic media rights to the 2020 EHF European Handball…
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MTG completes InnoGames stake acquisition
Nordic free and pay TV broadcaster Modern Times Group has completed its previously announce acquisition…
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MTG targets US digital growth with MTGx hire
Modern Times Group has appointed Digital Artists Entertainment boss, Scott Rupp, to develop the presence…
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MTG veteran Hermansson leaving
The executive chairman of MTG’s digital MTGx division, Mathias Hermansson, is leaving the company. Hermansson…
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MTG sees solid third quarter
Modern Times Group has posted solid third quarter results, posting record Q3 sales of SEK4.126…
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MTG moves into gaming with InnoGames investment
Modern Times Group (MTG) has moved into online gaming by buying a 35% stake in…
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Stofa adds Viasat Ultra HD to content line-up
Danish cable operator Stofa has made Modern Times Group (MTG)-owned Viasat Broadcasting’s Ultra HD channel,…
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MTG issues US$58m bond in new funding plan
Modern Times Group has issued an SEK500 million (US$58.2 million) corporate bond, with the proceeds…
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MTG moves into kids TV
The Modern Times Group has commissioned The Big Experiment, its first original kids series. The…
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Finland’s MTV hires Discovery and Viasat execs in management restructure
Bonnier Broadcasting-owned Finnish commercial broadcaster MTV’s CEO Jarkko Nordlund has named a new management team,…
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MTG hires pay and VOD acquisitions chief
The Modern Times Group has hired Bun Beeseon as its vice president of pay TV…
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MTG launches streaming service in the Baltics
The Modern Times Group is launching its Viaplay streaming service in the Baltics, taking on…
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MTG expands channel deal with Com Hem
Modern Times Group (MTG) has signed a new multi-year deal with Swedish operator Com Hem…
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MTG: cost-cutting boosted half-year profits
The programme of cost cutting at Modern Times Group has helped boost its half-year profits,…
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MTG to cover Olympics in virtual reality and UHD
Modern Times Group (MTG)’s Viasat is to provide coverage of the Olympic Games in virtual…
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MTG strikes new deal with Telenor
Modern Times Group (MTG) has agreed a new multi-year agreement for the distribution of its…
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National Media Group completes deal for 80% of Viasat Russia
Russia’s National Media Group has completed a deal with Viasat World – the new brand…