Nordic Entertainment Group

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) is a pan-Nordic media and entertainment company headquartered in Stockholm.

Nordic Entertainment Group AB
Publicly traded Aktiebolag NASDAQ: class A (NENT-A.ST) and class B (NENT-B.ST)
IndustryMedia
FoundedJuly 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)
HeadquartersSweden
Key people
  • Anders Jensen (CEO)
  • Gabriel Catrina (CFO)
Brands
  • Viaplay
  • Viafree
  • Viasat
  • TV3
  • TV6
  • TV8
  • TV10
Websitewww.nentgroup.com

The company operates the video streaming services Viaplay and Viafree, advertising-funded TV and radio channels, the V pay-TV channels, and more than 30 production companies.

History

In March 2018, the Stockholm-headquarted entertainment company Modern Times Group (MTG) initiated a process to split into two companies by spinning off its then Nordic Entertainment and MTG Studios business segments plus Splay Networks into a new company. This was initiated after Danish telecommunications operator TDC A/S, which had proposed to buy these assets a month earlier, was itself acquired by the Australian private equity investor Macquarie Group. Anders Jensen, MTG executive vice president and CEO of Nordic Entertainment, was named president and CEO of NENT Group.[1]

NENT Group began operating separately on July 1, 2018.[2]. On 28 March 2019, shares in Nordic Entertainment Group started trading on Nasdaq Stockholm exchange.[3]

NENT Group took a stake in Erik Feig's Picturestart studio along with first look Nordic rights to its content at Picturestart's May 2019 launch.[4]

Company structure

Advertising funded television (Free-TV)

Nordic Entertainment Group operates advertising funded channels in Scandinavia. Typically, the portfolio structure for these channels is one primary channel (TV3), and then secondary channels (TV6, TV3+ etc...) These channels generate primarily advertising revenues, and are classified as free-TV, but a majority of the Scandinavian free-TV channels are encrypted and subject to decoding fees.

Networks[2]

Channel type Sweden Norway Denmark
General TV3 Sweden TV3 Norway TV3 Denmark
General secondary TV6 Sweden (Free) Viasat 4 TV3+ Denmark
Supplementary TV8
TV10		 TV6 Norway TV3 Puls
TV3 Max
TV3 Sport

Pay television

TV services

Nordic Entertainment Group operates the Viasat satellite platform[2] in the Scandinavia, offering both in-house and third party channels.

The sports channels available in the different Scandinavian countries differ somewhat depending on different rights held for different markets and different business agreements.

Nordic Entertainment Group operates Viaplay, a streaming service in the Nordic countries.[2]

Viafree - a free streaming service in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden[2]

Scandinavia

The following channels are available in all Scandinavian countries:

  • Viasat Film Premiere (SD/HD)
  • Viasat Film Action (SD/HD)
  • Viasat Film Family
  • Viasat Film Comedy (SD/HD)
  • Viasat Film Hits
  • Viasat Series (SD/HD)
  • eSportsTV (HD)
  • Viasat Golf (SD/HD)
  • Viasat Hockey (SD/HD) (except Denmark)
  • Viasat Ultra HD (UHD)

These channels are only available in Sweden:

  • Viasat Sport Sweden (formerly known as Viasat Sport 1) (SD/HD)
  • Viasat Fotboll (formerly known as Viasat Sport 2) (SD/HD)
  • Viasat Motor (formerly known as Viasat Sport 3) (SD/HD)
  • Viasat Sport Premium HD (HD)

These channels are only available in Norway:

These channels are available in Finland:

  • Viasat Urheilu (HD)
  • Viasat Jalkapallo (HD)
  • Viasat Jääkiekko (HD)

Radio

Viasat owns several radio networks and stations in Sweden and Norway:

  • Rix FM, national network in Sweden
  • Star FM, national network in Sweden
  • Bandit Rock, station in Stockholm and Uppsala
  • Power Hit Radio, station in Stockholm
  • P4 Radio Hele Norge, national network in Norway (DAB+)
  • P5 Hits, national network in Norway (DAB+)
  • P6 Rock, national network in Norway (DAB+)
  • P7 Klem, national network in Norway (DAB+)
  • P8 Pop, national network in Norway (DAB+)
  • P9 Retro, national network in Norway (DAB+)
  • P10 Country, national network in Norway (DAB+)
  • P11 Bandit, national network in Norway (Internet)
  • NRJ Norway, national network in Norway (DAB+)
  • I Like Radio, streaming service[2]

NENT Studios

Nent Studios comprises more than 30 production companies in 17 countries, including Strix Television, Paprika Studios, Paprika Latino, Novemberfilm, Redaktörerna, DRG, Monster, One Big Happy Family, Playroom, Rakett, Baluba, Nice Drama, Moskito, Production House, Grillifilms and Gong. It also includes Splay, the largest Swedish MCN ('Multi Channel Network') on YouTube.

References
  1. Thomson, Stuart (23 March 2018). "Modern Times Group to split in two". Digital TV Europe. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  2. Briel, Robert (June 11, 2018). "Nordic Entertainment Group launches new brand". Broadband TV News. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  3. Clover, Julian (28 March 2019). "NENT Group shares debut on Nasdaq Stockholm". Broadband TV News. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  4. Kroll, Justin (2 May 2019). "Veteran Producer and Exec Erik Feig Launches Media Company Picturestart". Variety. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
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