Unlike 99% of the world, Finland’s number one spectator sport is not football but…yes, you guessed it: ice hockey. While the top stars play for NHL in the US & Canada, some of the best up & coming talent and players with the greatest history are skating on the domestic ice. We provide the live programming of Finnish Hockey League (SM-Liiga) for the brand new premium sports channel.
Television production companies Moskito Group (Finland), Monster AS (Norway) and Gong (Denmark) now operate together as Northern Alliance Group. Northern Alliance is further strengthened with the acquisition of one of the leading Swedish television entertainment producers Baluba.
During 2009, the Northern Alliance Group companies are producing over 60 television series. Programming produced by the Group includes some of the region’s most popular entertainment series, major prime time drama series, comedy, lifestyle, current affairs and sports productions. Moskito in Finland and Monster in Norway also produce TV commercials. In addition Monster produces feature films in Norway, Baluba corporate events in Sweden and Moskito rents production equipment in Finland. With estimated sales of €53 million in 2009, the Northern Alliance Group is one of the top four production companies in the Nordic area.
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Commissioned by MTV3, Finland’s largest commercial network, Easy Living has won the Best Drama Series award at both The Golden Television Awards and the Finnish “Emmys”. Following on from its successful debut, MTV3 has confirmed two further seasons.
Easy Living is a gripping and fast paced crime drama based around the extraordinary secret life of a father and ruthless business entrepreneur. Accustomed to their luxurious lifestyle, he and his family appear to have the perfect world. Behind that lifestyle façade however is a man living on the edge of mental, moral and financial destruction.
Internationally distributed by DRG.
In this groundbreaking docusoap we follow the daily life in one of Finland’s biggest hospitals: the staff who work there and the patients who come to them for help. The Hospital has all of life’s drama in a distilled form. The Hospital received a 2009 GOLDEN TV AWARD for the best reality show.
Most likely the longest running lifestyle show on Finnish Television, the success of T.i.l.a. does not seem to stop. Popular sections of this show on interior design and home decoration include transformation project of a private home and spotlights on classic furniture and industrial design.
Tuomas Enbuske is a mythbuster, boldly going where no man has gone before. Some of his statements and well founded arguments include: “the grass is greener on the other side”, “money will bring you happiness”, “global warming is good for us” etc.
This series follows Tuomas, a popular host on Finnish tv and radio, on a search for the final word on controversial subjects. The program received the 2009 GOLDEN TV AWARD for the best factual show in Finland. The German adaptation is now produced for 3sat by Janus Entertainment, with the writer Jan Weiler hosting.
Take four classical musicians who know nothing about rock music and turn them into a real heavy rock band in just a couple of months. In each episode a special guest star will teach the band the essentials of rock performance and lifestyle. The looks, self-esteem and attitude are completely made over by the experts, ranging from rock stars, stylists, pr-experts and such. In the grand finale, the band performs in front of live audience, supporting the seasons hottest rock act in a live club / arena concert.