Fremantle has entered into a sale agreement for the purchase of 12 NENT Studios production labels in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark that operate across non-scripted, scripted and factual businesses.
Jonas Gustafsson has been appointed CEO of Allente, the pay-TV distribution joint venture owned by Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) and Telenor Group, effective today.
The deal, brokered by Sandra Piha, SVP, Sales, Pan-Regional, UK, Eire, has secured the show with Nine Network in Australia, Sky in the UK), Paramount+ in the Nordics, SBS in Belgium, Sky Italia, and Stöð 2 in Iceland. “
The cost-effective tier for the service, available in the US, the Nordics, and parts of Latin America, will be offered at a $5 cost with the exclusion of select titles alongside a 30-day free trial offer, applicable to monthly plans only.
14% of all people 15-74 years old in the Nordics have illegally streamed or downloaded films and TV episodes in the past month, according to research from Mediavision.