Nordic SVOD Deal for ITV Studios Global Entertainment

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment and Svensk Filmindustri (SF) have signed a multi-year SVOD deal that provides crime dramas such as Lewis and Inspector Morse to C More subscribers in the Nordic region.

The London-based outfit will deliver a number of its crime dramas for SF’s branded section of the Scandinavian pay-TV C More’s SVOD platform. Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Agatha Christie’s Marple, Prime Suspect and A Touch of Frost are among those series included. The shows will be rolled out onto the service starting in December.

The SVOD pact extends the partnership the two companies already have in place for DVDs in the Nordic region.

Dan Gopal, the senior VP of global digital media and home entertainment, said: “We are delighted to build upon our long-standing partnership with SF in the Nordic region, and further extend the reach of our great content and the Crime Time brand. SF is extremely well positioned in the market to offer consumers the choice and flexibility across multiple formats and devices via their DVD, subscription and transactional services.”
 
Tore Skarelid, the senior VP of home entertainment at Svensk Filmindustri, added: “We are delighted to be extending our existing relationship with ITVS GE and look forward to further strengthening it going forward on packaged media as well as digital.”