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‘Bordertown’ Producer Fisher King, Owned by Beta Film, Goes Bankrupt (EXCLUSIVE)
Fisher King, the leading Finnish company behind Nordic scripted hits such as 'Bordertown,' has gone bankrupt amid industry challenges.
Fisher King, the leading Finnish company behind some of Scandinavia’s biggest scripted hits including “ Bordertown ” and “The Helsinki Syndrome,” has gone bankrupt amid challenges that have thrown the Scandinavian TV industry into turmoil. Riesenkampff pointed out “the rising production costs due to inflation have led the company into a very tense situation.” The executive cited “declining order volumes from broadcasters and platforms” as the main setback facing local producers. “Our Swedish subsidiary Unlimited Stories is currently very successful with its new feature film ‘Hammarskjöld – Fight for Peace’ about the former United Nation Attorney General, which premiered around Christmas in Sweden and is currently #1 with a total of 250.000 admissions,” Håkansson.
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