Annual Report 2018-2019 nordvision English version Drama for youth and young adults is a hit: Tremendous growth p. 32 Nordic collaboration: Four seminars become annual events p. 46 SVT Factual format goes Nordic: Huge interest in finding unknown heirs p. 24 Investigative journalism: Working together to cover cross-border stories p. 30 NORDVISION 2018 - 2019 1 10 Editorial team: Henrik Hartmann (Editor in Chief) Ib Keld Jensen (Editor) Tommy Nordlund Contents Øystein Espeseth-Andresen Lars Schmidt Hansen Translation and proofreading: Rgnr Localisation Introduction 4 Looking back at 2018 figures 6 Print: New Chair of Nordvision 8 46 Front cover: Children 10 Line fikser kroppen (Photo: Kristin Granbo, NRK) Drama 14 Back cover: Factual 20 Culture 26 DR: I forreste række (Photo: DR) Investigative journalism 30 NRK: Heimebane (Photo: NRK) RUV: Hàsetar (Photo: RUV) Youth and young adults 32 SVT: Arvinge okänd (Photo: Stine Stjernkvist, SVT) News and sport 36 Yle: Jarkko och de döves Amerika (Photo: Petri Vilén, Yle) Programme exchange 40 KVF: Fisk & Skips (Photo: KVF) SR: Kolonien (Photo: Simon Moser) The past year 42 20 UR: Du är bäst (Photo: UR) Technology 44 30 KNR: Photo: Silje Bergum Kinsten, Norden.org Seminars 46 Overview and key figures 52 Contacts 62 32 Norwegians tuned in for an average of 78 minutes when Norway’s best-loved adventurer, Lars Monsen, hiked through the mountains for four weeks. He was accompanied by hundreds of interested followers as well as a TV crew of 30 carrying equipment constructed specially 6 for live broadcasts. This event marked the tenth anniversary of slow TV on NRK. 4,912 was the total number of co- 68,000 DR Harden, Tine Photo: productions and programmes PEOPLE VIEWED THE WEB ARTICLE ABOUT ANDRÉS exchanged across Nordvision last ESCOBAR’S OWN GOAL AND SUBSEQUENT MURDER, year. This makes 2018 the PUBLISHED BY NRK. IT WAS ONE OF 12 PARTICULARLY second-best year in Nordvision’s WELL-RESEARCHED ARTICLES RESULTING FROM THE 77 almost 60-year history. COLLABORATION OF THE SPORTS EDITORIAL TEAMS AT NRK countries AND DR IN THE LEAD-UP TO THE WORLD CUP. “THIS throughout the COLLABORATION GAVE US GOOD ANGLES ALONG WITH Total Programme exchange Co-productions world screen the 5,102 4.911 BREADTH AND CREDIBILITY THAT CAN’T BE MEASURED IN 4,912 4,911 DR drama series 4,849 FIGURES ALONE,” SAYS HENRIK BRATTLI VOLD, PROJECT MANAGER AT NRK SPORT. Herrens Veje. 3,422 3,285 3,248 2,823 Photo: Øistein Grønvold (published 23 February) Viewers in many regions of Africa, 2,279 1.000.000 Australia and New Zealand as 1.626 1,664 well as a large number of Euro- 1,427 people have pean countries have watched, 2015 2016 2017 2018 24 downloaded the or will soon be able to watch, the religious series about pastor countries have now produced HOURS SVT Duo app for Krogh and his family. Countries their own version of the huge is how long Yle’s real-time drama such as Burkina Faso, Angola, the NRK hit Skam. This means that about three teenage girls, Karma, interactivity with Ivory Coast, Ghana, DR Congo viewers in Germany, France, was available on Instagram befo- and Zimbabwe have already Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Nether- re it was automatically deleted. SVT programmes. aired the series, which earned lands and Austria will be offered The thriller was split into one Users can national adaptations of the youth hundred 15-second clips. Hyppe drama. All have commissioned Salmi, producer at Yle Drama, participate in two seasons. believes that this creation of a drama specifically for Insta competitions, Stories is a world first. Photo: Shoot Haley. debates and polls. 6 7NORDVISION 2018 - 2019 NORDVISION 2018 - 2019 7 14 36 2 NORDVISION 2018 - 2019 NORDVISION 2018 - 2019 3 PREFACE Photo: Petri Vilén/Yle Petri Photo: Cooperation makes winners of us all In 2019, Nordvision will have existed for 60 years. The ambitions of the Nordvision partnership are also clearly refle- The partnership has evolved and is now more cted in the variety of drama for youth and young adults. More than ten co-produced drama series aimed at this audience will premiere necessary than ever. In these challenging times, in 2019. strong partnerships are vital to media providers in Investigative journalism is another area in which Nordic and general and to public service media in particular. European countries cooperate, and this played a key role when 17 As public service providers, we can produce and media outlets in northern Europe simultaneously exposed one of the great frauds in the history of the world. provide more, better and less expensive content Focus on cooperation is also one of the cornerstones when the when we join forces and cooperate. Nordvision partners, alternately and in close collaboration, arrange recurring seminars intended to boost digital skills among their Experience speaks for itself. The motto for our cooperation is ‘we staff. Four different seminars were held in 2018 – the Social Media share what we own’, with no petty distinction between who gives or Seminar, Nordic Hack Day, Publishing Hack and Festival for Digital receives the most. And we like to claim that the Nordvision coopera- Narratives – and all will take place again in 2019. Evaluations of tion has made winners of all its partners. these events indicate that much can be gained from sharing the best None of the Nordic public service providers are able to meet the experiences from our interaction with digital reality. No professional many technological and competitive challenges unaided. Coordi- development courses exist that can teach new knowledge in such a nating information, strategies and solutions enables each of us to concentrated format or establish such invaluable contact across the strengthen our own national position. companies. One example of this is the significant boost to cooperation on This annual report gives an overview of 2018’s other excellent Nordic drama, with no less than twelve new Nordic drama series co-productions, inspiring development projects, interesting pro- being aired in 2018, twelve in 2019, and so on. All are available in all gramme exchanges and useful expert network meetings, all with a of the Nordic countries for twelve months. Consequently, in 2018 common denominator of trustful and rewarding cooperation. alone, the Nordvision partners invested record amounts in each After 60 years of cooperation, the Nordvision partnership’s other’s drama productions, and Nordic drama has experienced the greatest strength is that all of the partners continue to see and feel best year ever in terms of number of co-productions in this genre. the mutual benefits. Consequently, the partnership is still very much alive and well today. Marit af Björkesten “In these challenging times, Director and Editor in Chief of Swedish Yle Jarkko Keränen, who himself is deaf, and Chair of Nordvision 2016-2018 strong partnerships are vital to media proves on his road trip across the USA providers in general and to public that his disability in no way deters him Øyvind Lund from travelling the world. Yle’s five-epi- Media Director at NRK and new Chair of Nordvision 2019-2021 servicemedia in particular.” sode documentary has been shared with the other Nordic companies. Henrik Hartmann Secretary General, Nordvision NORDVISION 2018 - 2019 5 Norwegians tuned in for an average of 78 minutes when Norway’s best-loved adventurer, Lars Monsen, hiked through the mountains for four weeks. He was accompanied by hundreds of interested followers as well as a TV crew of 30 carrying equipment constructed specially for live broadcasts. This event marked the tenth anniversary of slow TV on NRK. 4,912 was the total number of co- 68,000 DR Harden, Tine Photo: productions and programmes PEOPLE VIEWED THE WEB ARTICLE ABOUT ANDRÉS exchanged across Nordvision last ESCOBAR’S OWN GOAL AND SUBSEQUENT MURDER, year. This makes 2018 the PUBLISHED BY NRK. IT WAS ONE OF 12 PARTICULARLY second-best year in Nordvision’s WELL-RESEARCHED ARTICLES RESULTING FROM THE 77 almost 60-year history. COLLABORATION OF THE SPORTS EDITORIAL TEAMS AT NRK countries AND DR IN THE LEAD-UP TO THE WORLD CUP. “THIS throughout the COLLABORATION GAVE US GOOD ANGLES ALONG WITH Total exchange Programme Co-productions world screen the 5,102 4.911 BREADTH AND CREDIBILITY THAT CAN’T BE MEASURED IN 4,912 4,911 DR drama series 4,849 FIGURES ALONE,” SAYS HENRIK BRATTLI VOLD, PROJECT MANAGER AT NRK SPORT. Herrens Veje. 3,422 3,285 3,248 2,823 Photo: Øistein Grønvold (published 23 February) Viewers in many regions of Africa, 2,279 1.000.000 Australia and New Zealand as 1.626 1,664 well as a large number of Euro- 1,427 people have pean countries have watched, 2015 2016 2017 2018 24 downloaded the or will soon be able to watch, the religious series about pastor countries have now produced HOURS SVT Duo app for Krogh and his family. Countries their own version of the huge is how long Yle’s real-time drama such as Burkina Faso, Angola, the NRK hit Skam. This means that about three teenage girls, Karma, interactivity with Ivory Coast, Ghana, DR Congo viewers in Germany, France, was available on Instagram befo- and Zimbabwe have already Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Nether- re it was automatically deleted. SVT programmes. aired the series, which earned lands and Austria will be offered The thriller was split into one Users can national adaptations of the youth hundred 15-second clips. Hyppe drama. All have commissioned Salmi, producer at Yle Drama, participate in two seasons. believes that this creation of a drama specifically for Insta competitions, Stories is a world first.