Nordisk Film & TV Fond is proud to welcome Finland’s largest commercial television group MTV and its flagship channel MTV3 among its group of Partners.

PRESS RELEASE - OSLO 30 Jan 2018 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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MTV’s partnership brings the number of broadcasting members to 12 and overall Nordisk Film & TV Fond partners to 18. The long-established television company part of the Bonnier media group, was Partner of the fund already in 2011-2015. 

Marko Karvo, Chief Content Officer for MTV said: ”We are extremely happy to re-join Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Being part of the Nordisk Film & Fond gives us a great opportunity to create something very special to our audiences. We will invest more and more in quality drama, comedy and feature.”

Petri Kemppinen, CEO at Nordisk Film & TV Fond said: “We are welcoming MTV as our second TV partner from Finland with Yle. MTV is one of the oldest commercial broadcasters in Europe with a long track record of commissioning drama and feature films from our region. I believe their membership will provide more funding opportunities for Finnish and Nordic producers alike and boost the creative community in the Nordics."

In 2017, MTV was the most popular commercial broadcaster in Finland. The channels total viewing share was 23.2% and weekly reach was 80%. 

Recent Finnish series shown on MTV and C More include Welcome to Texas (Aallonmurtaja) by Warner Bros. International Television Production Finland, Dionysos Film’s Living with my Ex (Ex-onnelliset) season 1, and Zodiak Finland’s comedy Onnela, local remake of the Swedish hit Solsidan for which Eero Ritala won a Television Venla Award-Best Actor 2018.

In 2018, local dramas set to air first on C More, then on MTV3 include the comedy Sunday Lunch (Sunnuntailounas) by Yellow Film & TV, the second seasons of Onnela and Living with My Ex, and the thriller Ratamo (Fire Monkey/Moskito).

Upcoming feature films include Storage 2 (Kinosto), and The Grump 2 (Solar Films).

Media Contacts:
Petri Kemppinen, Nordisk Film & TV Fond CEO Petri@nordiskfilmogtvfond.com) 

Marko Karvo, Chief Content Officer, MTV Marko.Karvo@mtv.fi