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MTG secures rights to UEFA Futsal tournament
Modern Times Group (MTG) has secured the exclusive Nordic media rights to five-a-side-football variant Futsal’s…
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Fox Networks Group secures 20th Century Fox content for Nordics
Fox Networks Group has signed a new multi-year deal with 20th Century Fox Television Distribution…
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VOD impact leads to MTG programming rejig
The Norwegian arm European broadcaster MTG has reorganised its programming team to bring its increasingly…
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RiksTV taps Eurofins for DTT testing
Norwegian digital-terrestrial pay TV operator RiksTV has chosen Eurofins Digital Testing to automate monitoring of…
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Telenor Broadcast hit by analogue radio shut-down
Telenor Broadcast’s top-line for the third quarter was hit by the shutting down of FM…
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Facebook orders Norwegian teen drama, reveals plans for Watch
Facebook has ordered an English-language version of Norwegian broadcaster NRK’s online teen drama SKAM, to…
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Canal Digital adopts Android TV for next-generation service
Telenor-owned Nordic pay TV provider Canal Digital is to develop a next-generation TV service based…
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Modern Times Group secures ATP tennis rights
Modern Times Group (MTG) has struck a deal to secure the ATP tennis rights for…
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HBO unveils first Scandi original
Swedish filmmaker Lukas Moodysson will create HBO Europe’s first original series out of Scandinavia. Scripted…
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NBCU plans Nordic expansion for Hayu
NCBUniversal International is set to expand its reality TV SVOD service, Hayu, into the Nordics,…
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MTG launches Norwegian start-up accelerator
MTG has launched a start-up accelerator in Norway that will see it offer digital companies…
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Viacom joins SVOD race with Paramount+ launch
Viacom Media Networks International is joining the race among major international content players to develop…
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Heuch replaces Haug at Telenor
Nordic telco Telenor has named Cecilie Heuch as EVP and chief people officer, effective from…
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Google exec to lead Discovery Nordics digital unit
Google exec Karin Bonde has left the tech giant to become VP of Discovery Networks…
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Telia boosted by solid TV numbers
Nordic telco Telia’s second quarter performance was boosted by a solid growth in TV numbers,…
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Telenor sees Broadcast revenues slip
Norwegian telecom operator Telenor’s broadcast unit saw a 1% decline in revenues in the second…
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Telenor: Netflix accounts for 22% of broadband traffic
Norway-based teleco Telenor has revealed that Netflix now accounts for 22% of all traffic on…
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TDC launching Blockbuster VOD in other Nordic markets
Danish telco TDC is taking its Blockbuster transactional video-on-demand brand to Sweden, Norway and Finland….
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Kudelski acquires DVnor, plans integration with Conax security
Kudelski Group has acquired Norway-based media asset management outfit Digital Video Norge (DVnor). The new…
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Telenor Group agrees Netflix partnership
Norway-based Telenor Group has agreed a long-term partnership with Netflix that will see it integrate…
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ITV-backed SVOD service Curio to launch in Sweden and Norway
Factual SVOD service Curio will launch in Sweden and Norway next month after the ITV-backed…
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HbbTV Association backs Nordic move to HbbTV2
The HbbTV Association has welcomed NorDig’s new specification, which marks the Nordic region’s first steps…
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Discovery Nordic chief leaves company
Discovery’s Norway and Sweden boss Harald Stromme has left the company amid reports of a…
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Telenor Broadcast sees in tough final quarter
Norwegian telco Telenor’s Broadcast arm had a poor fourth quarter, with revenues down 6% year-on-year…
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Discovery expands Nordic distribution
Discovery is expanding its Nordic footprint after agreeing new deals with TDC-owned cable operators YouSee…
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Discovery extends Lang’s role to Nordic region chief
Discovery Networks International has upped Michael Lang, its UK-based corporate development and digital chief and…
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TDC finds TV going tough as competition bites
Danish telco TDC saw a net loss of 4,000 TV customers in Denmark in the…
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TV2 Norway chief exits, Ronnnigen returns
Trygve Rønningen is returning to Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 to replace Trond Kvernstrøm as channel…
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H2 launches on Get in Norway
Norwegian cable and IPTV provider Get will now carry factual channel H2 after extending its…
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Mixed TV numbers for TDC as migration to YouSee brand completed
Danish telco posted mixed results in TV in the second quarter, following its consolidation of…