22-11-2023, 01:49 PM
(11-08-2023, 05:09 AM)W. Knight Wrote: To add to that: The Finnish C More channels were transferred to MTV ownership back in February.
It's been announced recently that MTV Aitio and Viihde will be replacing C More First and C More Series respectively, while C More Hits and C More Stars will be shut down.
(www.mtvuutiset.fi )
Over on the Swedish feed, further details of transferring C More to TV4 Play has been announced. Seems like they'll be rebranding most channels to TV4, except for C More Sport Live 5 and C More Mix, which will be replaced by TV4 Tennis and TV4 Motor.
press.tv4.se
Current TV4-branded sister channels (Film, Fakta and Guld) will be updated as part of the change as well, as seen in the open logo files:
press.tv4.se
An update on this situation: C More had lived in Denmark after the TV4/MTV rebrand of the premium channels; however, the channels and OTT service will close on December 31, with all content now being available on TV 2 Play, which had housed C More's content as a "channel" since May, it now will serve as an exclusive distributor for Denmark, including for BritBox content.
www.broadbandtvnews.com
via.ritzau.dk
A similar deal has been in place in Norway since 2015; TV 2 Norge operated on behalf of C More their local Norwegian operations. Although, at the time, announced as a "acquisition", it is rather a shared services agreement, with TV 2 also producing Norway-specific content and helming distribution. Additionally, whilst a C More OTT service was available, their content was also available on TV 2 Play. When C More was fully wound down, it made the transition much easier.
www.egmont.com