NENT Group & Elisa Viihde To Combine Their Streaming Services In Finland

Ted Johnson NBC’s Today is expanding to streaming, with a 24/7 channel service to launch Wednesday on NBCUniversal’s new streaming platform Peacock and on Today.com.Today All Day will feature a mix of original video and broadcast programming, with an emphasis on lifestyle coverage like human interest entertainment, advice and cooking topics.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBeta Film has pre-sold ITV’s anticipated series “Professor T,” starring Ben Miller and Frances De La Tour, across Scandinavia.Currently at script stage, “Professor T” was picked up by TV2 for Norway, free-to-air television network TV4 for Sweden, as well as public broadcasters YLE for Finland and DR for Denmark.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBeta Film has pre-sold ITV’s anticipated series “Professor T” starring Ben Miller and Frances De La Tour across Scandinavia. Currently at script stage, “Professor T” was picked up by TV2 for Norway, free-to-air television network TV4 for Sweden, as well as public broadcasters YLE for Finland and DR for Denmark.

Kanye West could be one step closer to launching his own music streaming service.The 43-year-old rapper and fashion mogul, who recently announced his plans to run for president in 2020, took to Twitter on Friday night (July 10) to share the "roster proposal" for Yeezy Sound, a company he filed trademark papers for in 2017."YEEZY SOUND ROSTER PROPOSAL," West captioned a handwritten note featuring a list of artists, including hip-hop duo Abstract Mindstate, G.O.O.D.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorUPDATED: Malibu Entertainment, a company connected to Jay-Z’s Tidal streaming service, was among the businesses applying for and accepting Paycheck Protection Program loans for between $2 million and $5 million, according to documents released by the Small Business Administration and Treasury Department; a source close to the situation tells Variety the loan was for $2.1 million.

With music subscription services in heated competition for shares of a fast-growing market, potential subscribers around the world have a menu of free trials to choose from.

Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ would sound like if it was covered by Iron Maiden.The impressive effort from Finnish YouTuber Metal Börje sees Metallica’s 1991 hit being recreated in the style of the British metal pioneers.While it might just be an instrumental cover, it’s an entirely believable take on what the meeting of the two bands would probably sound like – with Maiden’s signature style (and some brilliant face masks) all present through the video.Borje has form for his unusual takes, having

. On the surface, it looks like a sexy thriller: The artwork for the film shows a man looking at the camera while gripping a woman’s breast (subtle).

trainers are being flogged for as much as £5,400 online as savvy shoppers cash in on a new fashion trend. The blue, red and yellow sneakers, which feature the budget famous supermarket's logo, have proved a streetwear hit and are being listed on for 30 times their original price.

Ed Meza @edmezavarCaracas-based Veloz Distribución may be the only Venezuelan company attending Cannes’s Marché du Film this year, but the five-year-old shingle has some impressive film and TV projects in development, including the latest work by celebrated auteur Román Chalbaud.Headed by actress Elaiza Gil and writer-director Edgar Rocca, Veloz is also in the process of launching VelozStreaming, a new VOD service described as “more of a virtual cinema” and “a little in the spirit of MUBI.” The

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), a leading streaming company across the Nordics, and Finland’s top local streaming service Elisa Viihde have joined forces to launch a new service in Finland. Named Elisa Viihde Viaplay, the new platform will combine Elisa Viihde Aitio’s content and the films and series package from Viaplay, NENT Group’s streaming service, starting during the last quarter of this year.

The Walt Disney Co. has revealed the launch date and pricing for its streaming service Disney+ for eight more European countries.

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Naman Ramachandran Mouse House streamer Disney Plus is set to launch in eight more European countries on Sept. 15.The new territories include Portugal, Belgium, Finland, Iceland, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

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Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Arclight Films will handle world sales on Bloody Hell, the horror-thriller from Alister Grierson, whose 2011 pic Sanctum grossed $100M global for Universal.The new pic is written by Robert Benjamin and is set between Boise, Idaho and Helsinki, Finland, following Rex Coen, played by Ben O’Toole (Hacksaw Ridge), a man with a mysterious past who flees the country to escape his own personal hell only to arrive somewhere much worse.Meg Fraser, Caroline