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A Legacy of Innovation and Agility

Viaplay Content Distribution, a division of the Nordic streaming innovator Viaplay Group, has rapidly evolved since its launch in 2021, establishing itself as a leader in Nordic and European narratives. Originally focused on expanding content sales and SVOD channel distribution in North America, the division has now taken charge of Viaplay’s international growth following the group’s strategic shift in 2023. With a vision to maximise Viaplay’s expertise, content inventory, and partnerships, it has positioned itself as the premier source for high-quality Nordic and European storytelling worldwide.

Viaplay Content Distribution operates within a dynamic ecosystem encompassing SVOD channels, curated content licensing, and broader IP exploitation. This approach makes it a resourceful partner for media groups, streamers, and aggregators, while serving as an optimal distributor for producers whose work aligns with Viaplay’s commitment to bold,...

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Viaplay Lands in Germany

Viaplay Content Distribution has launched its Viaplay channel as an add-on subscription to Prime Video via Prime Video Channels in Germany. Prime Video Channel subscribers can access Viaplay’s offering of Scandinavian and European series and films starting today, Oct. 22.

Viaplay’s German offering includes high-quality and impactful Nordic series and films, including award-winning Nordic noir dramas such as “End of Summer,” “Face to Face,” “The Bridge,” “Gåsmamman,” “Furia,” “Trom,” “Stockholm Requiem,” “The Sandhamn Murders,” “Unit One,” “The Team,” “Wallander,” and “Darkness: Those Who Kill.” The platform will also host three films from the Millennium/The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo franchise.

Other titles included at launch are the YA series “Threesome” and “Delete Me”; dramas “Seaside Hotel,” “Love Me,” “Pörni Seasons,” “The Beach Hotel” and “Lyckoviken”; and documentaries “The Prize of Silence,” “Operation Cannabis” and “Wozniacki & Lee.”

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Set in the tranquil countryside of southern Sweden, End of Summer tells the haunting story of one family still reeling from tragedy that struck decades ago. When young boy Billy vanished without a trace in the final days of a sweltering summer in 1984, it set in motion events that would forever alter the lives of loved ones left behind.

Now it’s 20 years later, and Billy’s older sister Vera remains gripped by the lingering shadow of that devastating loss. Living apart from her painful past, she pursues a career helping others process their own grief through group therapy sessions in Stockholm.

But ghosts from the past have a way of resurfacing, as viewers of Nordic noirs well know. And soon enough, subtle clues will draw Vera reluctantly back to the small town where it all began in search of long-denied closure.

Adapted from a bestselling novel by celebrated Swedish author Anders de la Motte,...

If there's one country that consistently puts out top-quality TV shows and movies more people should discover, it's Sweden. The country is especially good at producing thriller series, and a new title that is coming to Viaplay to underscore this is End of Summer. The series chronicles the aftermath of the disappearance of a young boy. Collider is excited to debut the new trailer for the series, along with the news that the series will premiere on September 10.

Kevin Costner’s ‘The Gray House’ To Open Monte-Carlo TV Festival

The 63rd Monte-Carlo Television Festival, which takes place 14-18 June, has added a touch of star power. The Kevin Costner-produced civil war spy drama The Gray House will be this year’s World Premiere Screening. The limited series, which Costner’s Territory Pictures and Morgan Freeman’s Revelations Entertainment are making alongside Republic Pictures and Big Dreams Entertainment, will open the fest following a red carpet arrival and opening ceremony. The show, based on a true story, stars Mary-Louise Parker, Daisy Head (Harlots), Amethyst Davis (Kindred) and Ben Vereen (Roots) as the unsung women who turned the tide of the American Civil War in favor of the North. Paramount Global Content Distribution has international sales rights. Previous Monte-Carlo openers have included Harlan Coben’s Shelter, Last Light, Empire, Absentia, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan and L.A’s Finest.

Julia Ragnarsson and Erik Enge (“Tiger”) are the two leading stars of “End of Summer,” a psychological thriller series based Anders de la Motte’s bestselling Swedish novel of the same name. The show has been ordered by Viaplay and is being produced by Harmonica Films with Sf Studios and Film i Skåne co-producing.

Björn Carlström (“The Hunters”) and Stefan Thunberg (“Hamilton”) are the head writers on the series which shot in Skåne in the southern part of Sweden and will premiere in the fall on Viaplay.

The cast also includes Simon J Berger (“Exit”), Torkel Petersson (“A Swedish Defence”), Per Ragnar (“Let the Right One In”), Linus James Nilsson, Anna Granath, Emelie Garbers, Henrik Norlén, Bahador Foladi, Vilhelm Blomgren and Lars Schilken.

The six-episode series opens on a summer evening in 1984 when a 5-year-old boy vanishes in rural southern Sweden. The police investigation fails to find the truth, leaving behind rumors,...