Aito Media Brings in Metronome Finland Exec

TAMPERE: Topi Salo, the former head of development at Shine Group’s Metronome Finland, has been hired by Aito Media to lead its Nordic operations.

Aito Media is a Finnish independent television production company that has produced more than 150 hours of unscripted content in Finland, Norway and Sweden this year. Its current catalogue includes such titles as The Night Patrol, Redneck Auction and 30 Days on Arctic Ocean.

Ilkka Hynninen, the CEO of Aito Media, commented: "We are thrilled to get Topi on board to strengthen our management and development team. His role is [to] work as an key executive producer in big studio productions and oversee our Nordic operations together with our current management team."

Salo added: "I am so proud to be a part of this wonderful company. Aito is going to be a big player in Nordic markets and the challenges we are now facing are more than interesting."