Disney To Wind Down Pan-Nordic Commissioning & Focus On Individual Territories
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Disney is to pull back on commissioning pan-Nordic originals for Disney+ and will instead focus on individual territories in Scandinavia.
Deadline understands the Burbank-based studio’s EMEA arm has been informing producers across the Nordic region of the change, which will see the company spending on “local” original content in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Sweden.
We understand Disney will stop fully financing pan-Nordic originals for Disney+, but will assess pre-buy, licensing and co-production opportunities and invest in local commissions that roll out globally, such as Ice Road Rescue in Norway.
Unscripted commissioning in Finland, where Disney has linear channels and has originals such as Silent Library and Melkein MENSA, will continue.
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