{"id":7740,"date":"2017-06-21T10:49:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T14:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/it\/"},"modified":"2017-06-21T13:31:31","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T17:31:31","slug":"itv-studios-buys-swedens-elk-productions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/06\/21\/itv-studios-buys-swedens-elk-productions\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV Studios Buys Sweden&#8217;s Elk Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Building upon its Scandinavian presence, ITV Studios has acquired Sweden&#8217;s Elk Production, known for entertainment shows like <em>En Ska Bort<\/em> (<em>Odd One Out<\/em>) and <em>Wahlgrens<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0label, acquired from\u00a0Elk Entertainment Group, has about 15 shows in production across the Swedish media landscape, including <em>Dr\u00f6mpyramiden<\/em> (<em>Stacked<\/em>), <em>Ett jobb f\u00f6r Berg<\/em> (<em>A Job for Berg<\/em>) and <em>Superskaparna<\/em> (<em>Supercrafters<\/em>). It has also produced local versions of international formats, including <em>Ninja Warriors <\/em>and<em> Top Chef: Just Desserts<\/em>.\u00a0Elk Production will merge with\u00a0ITV Studios\u2019 existing Swedish production business.\u00a0ITV Studios Sweden will be led by Elk Production&#8217;s managing director,\u00a0Anna Rydin, reporting to\u00a0Mike Beale, the managing director for the Nordics and global creative network at ITV Studios.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, ITV Studios will the exclusive partner to Elk Formats\u2014which remains a part of Elk Entertainment\u2014in the Nordics with the right to produce its shows through ITV Studios\u2019 production companies in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Kyriacou, the president of ITV Studios International, commented, \u201cAnna and her team are enormously respected producers in Sweden, with an impressive track record in producing hits through both original shows and existing formats. Combining the force of both ITV Studios and Elk Production, along with Talpa and Twofour formats, we become one of the leading formats companies in the Nordics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rydin noted, \u201cITV Studios and Elk Production is such a perfect fit. The formats from the ITV, Talpa and Twofour catalogs, the fantastic and growing catalog at Elk Entertainment and the producers at Elk Production\/ITV Studios, give us a unique position and the opportunity to grow in the Swedish market. We are very much looking forward to getting started!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beale added, \u201cThis acquisition enriches our position in the Nordics, an important creative hub. Anna is perfectly positioned to lead the integrated companies and their combined expertise to guide ITVS Sweden through its next stage of growth. I\u2019m looking forward to working with her and our impressive teams across the Nordic region to make the most of our expanded formats portfolio.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building upon its Scandinavian presence, ITV Studios has acquired Sweden&#8217;s Elk Production, known for entertainment shows like En Ska Bort (Odd One Out) and Wahlgrens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":7741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1251,1252,181],"class_list":["post-7740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-elk-entertainment-group","tag-elk-production","tag-itv-studios"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ITV Studios Buys Sweden&#039;s Elk Production - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/06\/21\/itv-studios-buys-swedens-elk-productions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ITV Studios Buys Sweden&#039;s Elk Production - TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Building upon its Scandinavian presence, ITV Studios has acquired Sweden&#039;s Elk Production, known for entertainment shows like En Ska Bort (Odd One Out) and Wahlgrens.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/06\/21\/itv-studios-buys-swedens-elk-productions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-06-21T14:49:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-06-21T17:31:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/09\/Anna-Rydin-617.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/06\/21\/itv-studios-buys-swedens-elk-productions\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/06\/21\/itv-studios-buys-swedens-elk-productions\/\",\"name\":\"ITV Studios Buys Sweden's Elk Production - TVEUROPE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-21T14:49:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-06-21T17:31:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/06\/21\/itv-studios-buys-swedens-elk-productions\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/06\/21\/itv-studios-buys-swedens-elk-productions\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/06\/21\/itv-studios-buys-swedens-elk-productions\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ITV Studios Buys Sweden&#8217;s Elk Production\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\",\"name\":\"TVEUROPE\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\",\"name\":\"Mansha Daswani\",\"description\":\"Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. 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