Monster


Netflix orders pair of Dick Wolf true crime shows & extends Viaplay’s ‘Pørni’

Netflix has partnered with Law & Order franchise creator Dick Wolf on a pair of true crime docuseries beginning with Homicide: New York, which will debut later this month. Produced by Wolf Entertainment and Alfred Street Industries, the five-part series will shed light on five of New York’s most notorious murder cases by following the […]

Fremantle merges Nordic labels Monster & Fremantle Norway

Fremantle is to merge two of its Norwegian production companies, Monster and Fremantle Norway, under the Monster label. The merged company will be led by Monster CEO, Ingvild Daae, while Petter Testmann-Koch, who has spent the best part of a decade as CEO of Fremantle Norway, is stepping down. Testmann-Koch will not be a part […]

Fremantle completes acquisition of NENT Studios prodcos in Nordics

Fremantle has completed its deal to acquire 12 production labels from NENT Studios and revealed its integration plans for the labels. The agreement, which comes 18 months since NENT first revealed it was looking to offload its unscripted production assets, gives Fremantle control of Strong Productions in Denmark, as well as Norwegian outfits Monster, Novemberfilm, One […]

Nordic prodco Rubicon names Håkon Briseid as CEO

Håkon Briseid has been appointed as CEO of Banijay Nordic’s scripted label Rubicon. Joining from Norwegian prodco Monster, Briseid will take up his role in early 2022 and will report to Banijay Nordic’s CEO, Jacob Houlind, and the region’s head of scripted, Johannes Jensen. He is tasked with growing the label’s output, working with with […]

Fremantle buys NENT Studios prodcos incl Moskito, Monster & Strix

Fremantle has struck a deal to acquire 12 production labels belonging to NENT Studios, including Moskito Television in Finland, Norway’s Strix TV and Baluba in Sweden. The agreement comes 18 months since NENT first revealed it was looking to offload its unscripted production assets, with the process hampered by the pandemic. The deal, which remains […]

Nordic streamer Viaplay links with Lillyhammer’s Henriette Steenstrup for dramedy

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has ordered a comedy-drama written by and starring Lillyhammer actress Henriette Steenstrup for its Viaplay streamer. Suck It Up has been created by Steenstrup and tracks the life of a woman who has to look after three teenagers and an ageing father at home, as well as 30 more children […]

Walter Presents heads down The River

On-demand service Walter Presents has acquired rights to new Norwegian drama The River in the UK, US and Australia. Canal+ in Poland, ZDF in Germany and Yandex in Russia have also bought the 8x60mins series, which UK-based DRG launched at MIPCOM last year. The River is based on real events and set in a close-knit […]

Starz secures US deal for NRK mystery drama

Starz has secured exclusive US premium pay TV rights for Norwegian mystery drama Monster. The series is due to air in October this year across Scandinavia in Norway, for NRK, Denmark (DR) and Sweden (SVT). NRK retains terrestrial rights in Scandinavia; DRG has all other rights in the region, plus all worldwide rights outside of […]

New German VOD net buys NRK drama

A new German VOD platform, Canal+’s SVOD service in France and Channel 4’s Walter Presents have bought an NRK drama about three young women struggling to live adult lives. The deals are the first three distributor About Premium Content has secured for Nordic drama Young and Promising, and highlight the growing buying status of on-demand […]

News brief: NRK wonders How to Be

NRK in Norway has licensed a local remake of Israeli celebrity interview format How to Be from Armoza Formats. Nice Entertainment Group-owned prodcos Monster has gone into production on the series ahead of a launch later this year. Meanwhile, German pubcaster ZDFneo has commissioned a second season of the format, which is known locally as […]