What is it about?
The article discusses the crime series Monster, produced by Norwegian public service broadcaster NRK and Reinfilm. It shows what strategies the NRK has done to make the series beeing picked up by a major American streaming service, Starz. It reveals how the mix of western and nordic noir has made the series travel.
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It shows how public service broadcasters work to get their productions attractive for both a national and international audience.
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Monster is a good example to show how a series, that is meant for a national audience, is interesting for a international audience, and what measures national broadcasters do to meet competition from big streaming services.
Stine Sand
UiT Norges arktiske universitet
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This page is a summary of: ‘Northern, not Nordic noir’: A Norwegian case study on crime series and strategies for transnational television, Journal of Scandinavian Cinema, June 2021, Intellect,
DOI: 10.1386/jsca_00045_1.
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