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The national pubcaster will now be financed through a tax instead of a licence, and the Minister of Culture is looking at forcing global streaming platforms to invest locally. From 1 January 2020, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation’s (Nrk’s) financing model will change from being licence fee-based to being tax-based, as announced last week by Norway’s Minister of Culture and Equality, Trine Skei Grande, as part of the government’s 2020 state budget discussion. Also, the minister introduced some ideas that are intended to force global VoD platforms to invest in Norwegian content. In detail, the previous Nrk licence fee will be replaced with a public grant, which will match the previous amount and stand at Nok 5.7 billion (€566.4 million); after adding the extra Vat contributions, this reaches a total of Nok 6.4 billion (€635.9 million). This is the beginning of a four-year plan for Nrk’s financial framework, and for the...

Next year’s Efm programme will offer networking opportunities with Norwegian professionals.

Source: Agnete Brun

Andrea Berntzen in Erik Poppe’s U-July 22

Norway has been announced as the ‘Country in Focus’ at the 2019 European Film Market of the 69th Berlin International Film Festival.

The programme will offer networking opportunities with Norwegian producers, distributors, investors and creative talents, and will spotlight Norwegian productions. Supported by the Norwegian Film Institute against a background of a German-Norwegian partnership, the aim is to augment the exchange between the two countries across culture, business, science and technology.

Berlin festival director Dieter Kosslick, who will step down after the 2019 event, noted the “long tradition” of Norwegian cinema at the Berlinale, and said he looks forward “to strengthening [our] cooperation with Norway.”...