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Show of the Week: Agent Hamilton

Agent Hamilton is Beta Film’s high-profile adaptation of Jan Guillou’s bestselling novel series Hamilton, with the show set to receive its world premiere next month at MIPCOM. The 10 x 60 minute drama has a central English-language narrative and was originally commissioned by Bonnier Broadcasting for its linear network TV4 and streamer C-More. The series, […]

Exclusive: Beta Film’s ‘Agent Hamilton’ picked up across Nordics

Nordic broadcasters TV2 Norway, DR in Denmark and MTV3 in Finland have all boarded Beta Film’s high-profile adaptation of Jan Guillou’s bestselling novels Hamilton. Agent Hamilton is from Dramacorp Pampas Studios and Kärnfilm in co-production with Sweden’s TV4, pan-Nordic streamer C-More, Beta and ZDF, in association with the German broadcaster’s commercial arm ZDF Enterprises. The […]

Telia strikes deal to control TV4 owner

Nordic telecom operator Telia has struck a deal to take control of Bonnier Broadcasting, owner of Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 and Nordic pay TV channel provider C More for SEK9.2 billion. Telia said the move was in line with the strategy adopted by the Board in 2014 to create a new Telia Company with the […]

Crisis measures planned as #MeToo wave catches TV4

The CEO of Swedish free and pay TV broadcaster TV4, Casten Almqvist (pictured), has announced a new “no exceptions, no tolerance” policy on sexual harassment and discrimination following revelations concerning popular DIY and interior design programme Äntligen Hemma and its host Martin Timell. Timell has been the subject of accusations of sexual harassment, racism and […]

C More extends SVOD service

TV4 Group-owned C More is launching its subscription video-on-demand service in Finland as part of an expansion of a service that laid claim to be the fastest growing SVOD offering in Sweden last year. The cost of investing in its subscription video-on-demand service led to a higher than expected loss for C More last year, […]

MTV Finland adds Discovery, Viasat execs in shake-up

Bonnier Broadcasting-owned Finnish commercial broadcaster MTV’s CEO Jarkko Nordlund has named a new management team, with Discovery’s Sami Vikback taking charge of the group’s advertising business and Viasat’s Johannes Leppännen becoming head of pay TV. Nordlund (pictured) has hired Vikback from Discovery Networks Sweden, where had the role of chief revenueofficer, to take charge of […]

TV4 hires film chief for pay TV operations

Swedish free and pay TV broadcaster TV4 Group has named Suzanne Glansborg to the new role of head of feature films with responsibility for film within pay TV channels operation C More and TV4’s joint drama unit. Glansborg previously worked for the Swedish Film Institute as a consultant, first for films and subsequently for drama […]

Svensk Filmindustri rebrands as SF

Svensk Filmindustri, one of Europe’s oldest film and television studios, has rebranded as SF Studios. The company launched in 1919 and as such has a huge library of Nordic titles. SF became part of Bonnier Growth Media in 2012, and has recently focused on restructuring operations to suit market demands. On the digital front it […]

Restructure brings together TV4 and C More

Swedish TV company TV4 Group and parent company Bonnier have the group’s broadcasting activities in a new structure that will “unleash the full potential of Bonnier Broadcasting”, according to CEO Casten Almqvist. Bonnier Broadcasting will now serve as a parent company for TV4, which will be the umbrella unit for free-to-air TV, and sister unit […]

C More appoints programming chief

Sweden-based content group C More Entertainment has appointed Bo Thörnwall to the post of director of programmes as the firm gears up for its new SVOD platform. C More will later this year launch a C More-branded SVOD service with Svensk Filmindustri and Finland’s MTV later this year, as the firm shifts from linear broadcasting […]