Business
Viaplay acquires Premier Sports in £30 million deal
Company has appointed DAZN's Edward Breeze as SVP and head of sports UK
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Business
Viaplay wins EFL Championship and Carabao Cup rights across 10 countries
The long-term agreement will see more than 180 live matches from England's second tier broadcast on Viaplay every season, including the semi-finals and finals
Media Delivery
Viaplay wins UK rights to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland men’s football matches
Viaplay's new UK streaming service is expected to launch in the second half of 2022
Business
NENT Group’s Viaplay to open Barcelona tech hub
Hub will focus on product management, design and front- and back-end development to support streamer's ongoing international expansion
Media Delivery
Nordic streamer Viaplay set for US launch
Launches in the Netherlands and the UK will follow in 2022
Media Delivery
NENT Group’s Viaplay expands to UK, Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Viaplay will launch in the UK in the second half of 2022 and then in Germany, Austria and Switzerland during 2023
Business
NENT Group extends EPL rights territories
Deal runs from 2022 to 2028, and is addition to the company's rights deals in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway
Business
Viaplay set for international push
Streamer will launch in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the United States in 2021
Media Delivery
NENT plans to launch Viaplay in 15 more countries
Announcement part of company's Q2 results
Data Centre
Why are Nordic OTT providers going local?
Content spend on originals has increased while acquisition investment decreased
Data Centre
Nordic SVoDs ‘giving Netflix a run for its money’
Local streaming players turning towards comedy content
Data Centre
Five streaming services dominate SVoD revenues in Europe
Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Sky, HBO and Viaplay are behind 89 per cent of the $6 billion attributed to SVoD consumer spending in 2018
Business
Viaplay customers streaming 32 hours every month
40.5 per cent more Viaplay streams started in 2017; total number of Viaplay customers grew 21 per cent
Business
Denmark’s TDC to acquire MTG’s broadcasting and entertainment business
Deal will give TDC close to three million TV subscribers and access to ten million households in the Nordic region
Business
Gladnikoff appointed head of Viaplay
She succeeds Jonas Karlen who has decided to leave the company
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EU films make up one quarter of VoD catalogues
New report from European Audiovisual Observatory
Business
Scandinavian SVoD service aims to lead market
Service's programme director unveils forthcoming slate and market intention.