Newsletter 15th of December

NEWSLETTER

15 December 2021

These are the topics we focus on in this week’s newsletter:

  • Swedish households’ appetite for audiobook streaming subscriptions surged in 2021
  • BritBox to expand across Nordics via C More partnership

 

Insight: Nordic Media & Markets 

Mediavision’s Insight: Nordic Media & Markets tracks the progress of individual and household payments per service and actor, as well as overall media expenditures. The primary focus is mapping out the allocation of expenditures across audio, video, text, and access. Published bianually.

 

 

Bookbeat launched in Norway – aims to acquire 100’ subscribers

 

Viaplay originals sold to South Korea via Eccho Rights

 

Newspapers sue Meta and Google for decimating their advertising

 

Amedia acquires Akersposten

 

VIDEO

BritBox expands in the Nordics via C More partnership

 

This week, news broke that BritBox, a streaming service operated by ITV and the BBC is expanding to the Nordics via a partnership with C More. The service will be available Sweden, Finland, Denmark via C More and via TV2 in Norway. Pricing details are yet to be disclosed.

 

 

BritBox is a joint venture between ITV plc and the British Broadcasting Corporation (and its commercial arm BBC Studios on services outside the UK). BritBox first launched in the US in 2017. The service didn’t launch on its home turf until 2019. At the time of BritBox’s launch in the UK, ITV pledged to invest up to GBP 65 million in the joint venture over the coming two years. While it is unknown how much BBC has investment in the project, top management said that “they plan to invest tens of millions” into original content. With this expansion, BritBox will be available in eight countries (currently available in the US, UK, Australia, and South Africa) – and there are ambitions to expand to a total of 25 countries.

 

This announcement follows C More’s two-year agreement with Walter Presents, to launch a curated selection of international scripted series across Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland.

 

Streaming pushes production spending in UK to record GBP 6 BN

 

Viaplay launches in the US via Comcast’s Xfinity platforms

 

Netflix launches new “Tudum” site

 

Paramount Plus rolls out 18 “linear channels”

 

Roku & Google agrees on long-term deal for YouTube (+ YT TV)

 

Swedish rappers joins in on Snoop Dogg’s new album

 

Universal movies to hit Peacock 45 days post debuting in theaters

 

Netflix adds three new mobile games for Android

 

Susanne Bier received honorary award at European Film Awards

 

Danish producer starts new documentary production company

 

Mediavision in the News

 

Svenskar rusar till ljudböcker – Dagens Industri 

 

Snart betalar en miljon svenska hushåll för en ljudbokstjänst – Boktugg

 

Vad händer med lägerelds-tv i den digitaliserade världen? – SVT

 

Marie Nilsson: ”Spenderarbyxorna har gjort barnhushållen högintressanta” – Dagens Media 

 

Spelvärlden biljett till en yngre publik – Dagens Media 

 

Daniel Eks gratis-flört borgar för en ny jättemarknad – DI Digital 

 

Sweden Ups SVOD Sub Base by 350,000 – Media Play News 

 

Ilta-Sanoma, PlayPilot launch streaming guide in Finland – Rapid TV News 

HFPA announces Golden Globe nominees despite ongoing boycott

 

Discovery Plus’ original Mörkt hjärta to be shown at Sundance

 

NBA signs Norwegian rights deal with VG

 

Josef Fares’ It takes two scored triple awards at Game Awards in LA

 

Industry Events

 

The Future of TV Advertising Global: 8-9 December 2021, London

 

Berlin Film Festival and European Film Market: 10-20 February 2022, Berlin, Germany

 

CTAM Europe Executive Management Programme: 20-25 March 2022, Fontainebleau, France

 

MIPTV: 4-6 April 2022, Cannes, France

 

NEM Dubrovnik: 6-9 June 2022, Dubrovnik, Croatia

 

 

* Mediavision will attend
** Mediavision will present