In response to an agreement entered in January 2022 aimed at increasing payment to Danish actors and actresses, Netflix has paused production of Danish movies and series. At the moment two (unnamed) projects are affected. According to Danish newspaper Politiken, the streaming giant announced its intentions in a letter to its Danish partners last week.

Monday, news broke that Viaplay will also suspend productions in Denmark. In an open letter, Viaplay’s Content EVP & Chief Content Officer Filippa Wallestam says that “Until we have reached a sustainable agreement, however, we see no other way than to put the development of further Danish projects on hold”.

Both Netflix and Viaplay thereby join TV2 Denmark in halting new productions in Denmark – which paused its production of fictional series and films already in March.

Meanwhile, Netflix has recently presented two new, upcoming, Swedish original productions: ‘Deliver me’ which is a series based on Malin Persson Giolito’s novel, and the producers of ‘Quicksand’ will produce the series ‘Barracuda Queens’.

Though measures are being taken against operators, piracy is still widespread. Recent figures from Mediavision show that 17% of all people 15-74 years old in the Nordics have illegally streamed or downloaded films and TV episodes in the past month. However, the figures vary between the countries. Piracy in Sweden is highest at 20% and lowest in Finland and Denmark, both at 13%. In total this amounts to approximately 3.4 million pirates in the Nordics, which is approximately 0.5 million more than last year.

More than half a million people engage in audiovisual piracy in Finland – Uusimaa 

Telias sorgebarn kan bli första offret i Netflixmodellens kris – DiDigital 

13 pct. af danskerne streamer og downloader ulovligt – Media Watch

Research: 3.4m watch pirate content in Nordics – Advanced Television 

Spår prisökningar på minst 10 procent – SVB

Hälften av svenskarna lyssnar på podd under en vecka – Journalisten

Fler än 1 miljon svenska hushåll har ljudboksabonnemang – Boktugg

Allt fler lyssnar på ljudböcker – Svenska Dagbladet 

Streamingmarknaden går in i en ny fas – här är utmaningarna – Dagens Media 

Ny strömningstjänst till Sverige – men marknaden bromsar in – SVT