GOTEBORG: US streamer Netflix is open to a variety of deal structures in the Nordics as it looks to build out its slate of local dramas and films, following the recent rejig of its commissioning set-up in the region.

GOTEBORG: Scandinavian streamer Viaplay plans to launch about 70 original series and films in 2023, roughly matching its output for 2022.

GOTEBORG: Egmont-owned TV 2 Norway is boosting its drama slate with a total of 22 originals, most commissioned to premiere in 2023 or 2024, and a few in 2025.

Production executive Pernille Munk Skydsgaard has joined Danish pubcaster DR as head of sales and executive director in its global distribution division.

Danish pubcaster DR has commissioned Copenhagen-based Drive Studios to make a comedy drama from Julie Rudbæk and Jesper Zuschlag about sex, power and love in the workplace.

Sweden's TV4 and C More have commissioned a six-episode second season of true crime drama Knutby, which depicts events in a Christian cult in a small town in Sweden in the early 2000s.

Swedish production workers have published an open letter to the country’s TV industry criticising poor working conditions, long hours, bad planning and more.

Norwegian public broadcaster NRK has hired Maipo Film’s Ales Ree as an executive producer in its drama department.

Three million SVoD subscriptions in the Nordics are currently shared with other households. These households have access to a service without paying for it, according to Mediavision’s latest analysis of the Nordic TV and streaming market.

European production group Fremantle has appointed Seija-Liisa Eskola as head of scripted for the Finnish market.