Talpa Sets Up JV with Nordisk

HILVERSUM: A new co-owned joint venture between Nordisk Film TV and Talpa Media will focus on producing programming for broadcasters in Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden.

The new JV sees the production of Talpa formats in the genres of reality, game shows and scripted by Nordisk. "This is a clear deal that benefits all parties involved," said Jacob Houlind, the CEO of Nordisk. "Nordisk is at home in this fragmented multi-language Nordic market and the Talpa catalogue is highly attractive thanks to its constant flow of fresh proven hits. Besides that, the Talpa formats complement our own successes very well."



Talpa’s CEO, Pim Schmitz, added: "A few weeks ago we established a similar joint venture with Shine in Australia and New Zealand, today we do business with key player Nordisk at exactly the other end of the world. In the last three months we found appealing local partners in Portugal, Spain, France and the U.S. My conclusion thusfar is simple: good product travels at very high speed."