NTRNZ media is a creative house specialised in content production and marketing. One of our core values is respect for pure Northern nature. We create content for all platforms, channels and media. Our expertise is designing and combining visual images, online services and video.
We create phenomena. We tell stories and communicate messages in video format in all platforms. What really inspires us is content that has an entertaining or marketing purpose but also carries a deeper meaning. We produce everything from TV series to live sports broadcasts, and social media content to short movies.
Stories spark imagination, and imagination is an essential element of a brand. In the social media age, your target group is also building an image of itself with the content it shares. You need to build your brand to be an example of your target group or a messenger of their values. We help you achieve this with long-term and systematic content production.
We have designed the visual expression and marketing materials for international brands for years. High-quality printed materials really stand out in a world dominated by digital communications. We manage the visual entirety: from logos to brochures and trade fair stands, and websites to video production.
An ever-increasing amount of business takes place online. We create websites that keep our clients on the crest of the online presence wave. We combine our visual expertise with the latest online technologies and e-commerce solutions to provide an entirety that is second to none. Our hardcore coding experts also have Google AdWords Search Engine Optimisation Certificates.
28.11.2019 - news
Award-winning creative house NTRNZ media Ltd from northern Finland joins Norwegian Broadcasting Company NRK’s ”Isfront” series as the Finnish Co-Producer. The documentary series will be shot in Norway, Russia and Finland and it follows the players in the Barents Hockey League (BHL) throughout season 2019-2020, from November to April.
The series is based on a concept by Kristian Sonvisen Bye from NRK region north, and is produced by Eilif Bremer Landsend. It follows adult hockey amateurs from Norway, Russia and Finland fighting against all odds to uphold the ice hockey league and a warm friendship despite a cold political climate.
– The ambition is to make an innovative and entertaining feelgood documentary, but also give insight into the daily life in this border-region. Especially how common people handle the tension caused by international politics, tells Kristian Sonvise Bye.
Isfront will also be seen on Finnish television, broadcasted by YLE. NTRNZ media Ltd is responsible for all the production in Finland as well as filming in tournaments. The series will have a cinematic look while it also creates a strong bond with the main characters from three different countries.
– We are glad we were asked to join this production. Our long experience in ice hockey as well as producing documentary lifestyle series in demanding conditions comes into play with this project, says Teemu Hostikka, the founder and showrunner of NTRNZ media.
In Finland the main goal is to show how the unique hockey team Tuki-Kepit from Ivalo shovels its way through the tournaments, driving thousands of kilometres along the arctic roads to meet their opponents. The importance of the game and humour between team members helps them overcome most of the obstacles thrown in their way.
For more information, contact:
Teemu Hostikka
+358 45 639 8664
NTRNZ media Ltd
Eilif Bremer Landsend
+47 922 24 573
Producer/NRK
NTRNZ media is a creative agency specialised in content production and marketing. One of our core values is respect for pure Northern nature. NTRNZ media is best known for the TV series Eränkävijät (Love of the Wild), as well as being the marketing partner of many known brands and Northern Finnish companies, such as Visit Kalajoki, Oulun Kärpät Hockey Team and Qstock.
NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) is the Norwegian government-owned public broadcasting company and the largest media organisation in Norway. NRK broadcasts three national TV channels and three national radio channels on digital terrestrial television, digital terrestrial radio and subscription television. NRK is a founding member of the European Broadcasting Union.
10.10.2019 - news
Love of the Wild – From the Alps to the Arctic is the latest production by Finnish award-winning creative house NTRNZ media. The first teaser of the series is out just ahead of MIPCOM 2019 Cannes, where the first episodes are available for screening.
Love of the Wild – From the Alps to the Arctic is based on the original highly successful Finnish format Eränkävijät, two-time winner of the Finnish Television Academy’s Golden Venla award. The first 3 seasons of the original series have been sold to over 30 countries.
– Transforming the format into an international series was a giant scaling effort in every aspect. The series has been filmed in 4K in demanding conditions and follows the main characters throughout the seasons. To our surprise, we quickly noticed that despite the fact that they live thousands of kilometres apart in different cultures, our main characters share the same values and concerns for the wellbeing of Earth, our common home planet.
Showrunner, screenwriter and producer Teemu Hostikka
The international version has been filmed in six different European countries, from the Alps all the way to the Arctic regions. The main characters come from five different countries, and they live close to the most unique nature sites: the biggest mountains and lakes, northernmost wilderness areas, vastest highlands and rainiest places in Europe. They share a love for nature and a lifestyle that is dependent on the wellbeing of planet Earth.
The production team comprises awarded international cinematography professionals, with expertise in shooting in demanding mountain conditions, alongside the original Finnish directors & cinematographers Mika Hirvonen, Jani Honkakoski and Acke Salo.
Guido Perrini is known as the director and cinematographer of renowned freeskiing movies La Liste (Red Bull media house), Degrees North with Xavier De La Rue and Deeper by Jeremy Jones. Tero Repo is one of the most successful Finnish mountain skiing/snowboarding photographers who currently lives in Switzerland. Repo has worked with Perrini in Degrees North and La Liste, and also for brands like The North Face, Swatch, Mammut, BBC, National Geographic and Red Bull.
The cameramen, editors, sound designers and composers behind the success of the original series make up the core of the production team in the international version as well.
The first episodes of Love of the wild – From the Alps to the Arctic are available for screening at MIPCOM 2019 in Cannes. MIPCOM is the global market for entertainment content across all platforms.
The series is distributed by NordicWorld, the leading Scandinavian distributor of tv rights, through which tv content produced in Scandinavia is distributed worldwide.
– NordicWorld is proud to be chosen as the worldwide distribution partner for this very exciting and extremely high-quality production. We are all about local production – global reach! This is a brilliant example of just this. The best of the Nordic region!
Espen Huseby, President & CEO, NordicWorld
Another international production from NTRNZ, Magic in Lapland, is also available for screening at MIPCOM 2019. The series displays the magical beauty of northern nature and combines it with amazing illusions and close-up magic from awarded, Las Vegas trained magician and illusionist Henri Kemppainen. Kemppainen was recently awarded Finnish Magician of the Year 2019.
Magic in Lapland is internationally distributed by Lightning International, a UK and Hong Kong based distributor. The series is expected to charm big audiences in the Asian market and through international 4K channels.
Showrunner, Founder and Creative Director
Teemu Hostikka
NTRNZ media
+358 45 639 8664
Mr Hostikka is available for discussions at MIPCOM 2019.
NTRNZ media is a creative agency specialised in content production and marketing. One of our core values is respect for pure Northern nature.
26.9.2019 - news
NordicWorld, the leading Nordic distributor of tv rights has signed a global deal to distribute two seasons of Love of the Wild – From the Alps to the Arctic. The series is produced by NTRNZ media, the creator of Love of the Wild (Eränkävijät), two-time winner of the Golden Venla award granted by the Finnish Television Academy. The Finnish rights remain with the Finnish broadcasting company YLE.
– The international production of Love of the Wild is opening doors for Finnish content globally. This international distribution deal gives us confidence in the global reach of Finnish non-fiction content, following the drama content that already made it. We want to do our part to make this pioneering work possible, says Timo Järvi of YLE, the original buyer of the series.
– NordicWorld is proud to be chosen as the worldwide distribution partner for this very exciting and extremely high-quality production. We are all about local production – global reach! This is a brilliant example of just this. The best of the Nordic region, says Espen Huseby, President & CEO of NordicWorld.
The series has been filmed since autumn 2018 in six different European countries, from the Alps all the way to the Arctic regions. The main characters come from five different countries, and they live close to the most unique nature sites: the biggest mountains and lakes, northernmost wilderness areas, vastest highlands and rainiest places in Europe. The main characters share a love for nature and a lifestyle that is dependent on the wellbeing of Earth, our common home planet.
– I am very glad that we found NordicWorld, among many candidates, to distribute the series. They understand both the commercial potential and the values of the series content-wise, says the creator and executive producer of the series, founder of NTRNZ media Teemu Hostikka.
A major party involved in the funding of the series is private equity investor for media content, IPR.VC, which was impressed by the international potential of the series from the beginning.
– Nature is true premium content, that grows in value as people realise what’s happening to our environment and what lack of nature does to us. Nature does not need to be staged. Love of the Wild delivers powerful content which we believe speaks to people across the globe, says Tanu-Matti Tuominen, founder and partner of IPR.VC
Love of the Wild – From the Alps to the Arctic is filmed entirely in 4K. So in addition to boasting amazing nature imagery, the series’ production is technically top-notch.
Golden Venla award winners for Best Performer 2018, Aki Huhtanen and Äijä the dog from the original Finnish series are among the main characters in the international version. The production team consists mainly of the original, experienced Finnish team, from cameramen to editors and post-production. In addition, experienced cameramen, used to the demanding mountain conditions have joined the international production team.
The series premieres in Finland on December 29th on Yle TV1 and the Yle Areena streaming service.
NTRNZ media is a creative agency specialised in content production and marketing. One of our core values is the respect for pure Northern nature. NTRNZ media is best known for the tv series Eränkävijät (Love of the Wild), as well as being the marketing partner of many known brands and Northern Finnish companies, such as Visit Kalajoki, Oulun Kärpät Hockey Team and Qstock.
Eränkävijät (Love of the Wild) seasons 1-3 have been sold to 30 countries already. The fourth season starts on September 29th on Yle TV1 and Yle Areena. The series is the first nature program and the first series produced in Northern Finland awarded with the Finnish TV academy’s Golden Venla award: Best TV show 2017 and Best Performer 2018.
NordicWorld is the leading Nordic distributor of tv rights, through which tv content produced in Scandinavia is distributed worldwide.
IPR.VC is a venture investor focused on media content.
For more information, contact:
Teemu Hostikka
+358 45 639 8664
NTRNZ media Oy
Timo Järvi
+358 400 634853
Yle
Espen Huseby
+47 916 15 500
NordicWorld
Tanu-Matti Tuominen
+358 500 593001
IPR.VC
Love of the Wild – From the Alps to the Arctic follows the lives of five passionate nature lovers in different corners of Europe through all four seasons. The series introduces European nature, a natural way of life and cultural variations more impressively and extensively than any series before.
The main characters all live and breathe through nature, even though they come from very different surroundings. As we see concrete signs of climate change on the Alpine glaciers, also the characters in the delicate Arctic region cherish their fragile environment. And while there is a battle going on with extreme weather conditions in the coast of the Atlantic ocean, our Central European protagonists strive to maintain traditions that date back thousands of years. A dependence on wilderness is seen perhaps most concretely in Eastern Europe, where nature has provided the means for living for a long time.
Love of the Wild – From the Alps to the Arctic follows the main characters through all four seasons, presenting the big variation within nature and between people’s ways of life throughout Europe. Clean and healthy nature is a must for all the characters because of their livelihoods as well as hobbies.
The main characters come from five different countries, covering all of Europe from the Alps to the Arctic. The series is produced by NTRNZ Media, the company behind the award-winning Finnish original version of Love of the Wild (Eränkävijät).
Facts:
Season 1 premieres in 2019 in Finland
Season 2 premieres in 2021 in Finland
Season 1: 6 x 52 min
Season 2: 6 x 52 min
Format: 4K
Language: Multilanguage
Broadcaster: YLE
The theme of the award winning series’ third season is “Deeper into the wilderness”. After the amazing success story of the second season, the series dives into the most remote corners of Finnish nature, introducing wildlife and nature lifestyle in their purest form.
The third season premiered in Finland in October 2018, and international sales are starting. Äijä the dog is sensationally famous, and a second book written by Mika Kulju was published by Gummerus in September 2018.
The fourth season is currently in production.
Facts:
Premiered in October 2018
12 x 28 min
Full HD
Language: Finnish, English subtitles
Broadcaster: YLE
In spring 2016, Kalajoki Tourism Association decided to revamp their marketing efforts. Some significant innovations and investments were taking place in the area, but Kalajoki had forgotten about tourists. The images of this magnificent district relied on the past, and the ways used to tell people about the renewed Kalajoki were not functioning properly.
In spring 2016, NTRNZ media revamped the visual expression, with the traditional logo continuing as the foundation of the area’s image. Our main message was encapsulated on the basis of a questionnaire sent to the enterprises in the area and interviews conducted on site. All planning and designs took into account all the services available at the resort and their competitive advantages over the competition. The end result was a multimedia campaign launched in early summer 2016 with the theme “Conquer Kalajoki”.
Media selections were made by NTRNZ media in cooperation with the Kalajoki Tourism Association. For the television and VOD campaigns, we dug up a song by the legendary Finnish singer Tapani Kansa called “Kalajoen Hiekat” (Kalajoki Sand Dunes), which was combined with the modern and youthful visual narrative. Over the summer, Kalajoki was visible in the largest printed media, nationwide in its television campaign, on the streets of Tampere, and globally with its revamped website. The brainstormed entirety for the trade fair stand supported the message conveyed by other media. The billboards in the area were also renewed in one fell swoop.
The end result was summer 2016 becoming the best ever summer experienced by Kalajoki. During some of the busiest weekends, everything was fully booked, and there literally was not even enough room to pitch a tent. We received many thanks from so many entrepreneurs in the region, as the marketing campaign was immediately apparent with the abundance of customers. The outstanding results obtained continues with marketing efforts for 2017 and 2018.
In 2018, Kalajoki made a national record in the increased amount of overnight stays in July.
Northern Finland’s biggest and most beautiful festival, Qstock approached NTRNZ media in 2015. The festival was looking for a new advertising agency partner for designing visual expression and implementing video production. The festival renews its image every year, which means both a dream come true as well as worst nightmare for the advertising agency: each year needs a new and contemporary image, but this nevertheless has to be in line with the material earlier produced. A challenge our team welcomed with open arms!
The carefully selected theme for Qstock 2016 was “Ancient Egypt”. We were seeking recognisable colour themes from the Indian Summer theme of the previous year, to which we introduced ancient Egyptian symbols. The renewal of the visual identity was a huge project, including everything from websites to drawing festival maps, designing stage textiles to publishing festival leaflets, admission tickets and VIP passes to taping the iconic Qstock van.
For the festive year of 2017, we were even braver with the colour scheme. This time we were after a more flamboyant and distinctive visual expression than in previous years. The visual image was also used for marketing the festive year. The visual expression was created using an eruption of colour and distinctive drawings, which gave Qstock a visual identity that was distinctly different from the other large festivals. The renewal of the visual image once more covered everything from printed media to online materials and from festival to television.
The summer of 2018 was inspired by the abundant range of summer colors that mirrors the event itself.
The Qstock Festival tickets were sold in advance in 2016, 2017 and 2018. In 2018 the festival also made a visitor record.
Magic in Lapland is a 5-part TV series about northern nature and world class illusions. The series is produced by award winning Finnish team with international experience. Magic in Lapland is currently under production, and will premiere in 2019. The series is available for broadcasters and distributors.
Facts:
5 x 24 min
Format: 4K
Language: English
Broadcaster: Available for distribution world wide
Our long-standing client Uniresta came up with the idea of creating a revolutionary restaurant concept for Oulu. The point of departure was healthy, natural, high-quality and tasty food for busy city folk. In addition to serving lunches and plentiful salad selections, they also serve delicatessen products ranging from smoothies to sandwiches.
A brand had to be created for the concept, and NTRNZ media became involved from the outset with brainstorming the name. We created the concept “From Health to Organic”, which was then shortened as H2O for the logo. The visual expression was designed to correspond to the foundations of the restaurant concept with a strong focus on healthy, natural local food.
H2O’s visual identity was implemented by NTRNZ as an entirety that included brainstorming graphic appearance, interior design, colour range, pictures, taping and signs. Already during the design stages, the scaling of the concept facilitated the potential addition of new restaurants. Now H2O has become a chain operating throughout the city of Oulu and is quickly expanding further afield.
The second season of Love of the Wild was a jackpot in Finnish television industry. The series won the Golden Venla Award for Best Program of the Year 2017 by public vote, the main prize of the most most valued gala in Finnish TV industry.
The audience loved the authenticity of the main characters, and Äijä the dog became the most famous dog in Finland. He even went to the Golden Venla gala to receive the trophy for Best Program.
The second season introduced a new main character, and the series was sold worldwide to over 30 countries. In autumn 2017, the Love of the Wild book written by Mika Kulju was published by Gummerus publishing house.
Facts:
Premiered in autumn 2017
Best program of the Year, Golden Venla Gala
12 x 28 min
Full HD
Language: Finnish, English subtitles
Broadcaster: YLE
NTRNZ media has been a partner to Oulun Kärpät Hockey Team since 2004.
Main coach Mikko “Mamba” Manner launched the keywords “Quick, strong and reliable” on which the whole identity of the team is built. The words also reflect the team’s spirit, playing method and level of personal commitment.
Season 2018-2019 introduces a series of videos presenting the players’ personas. The video series is created by Kärpät in cooperation with Uros Ltd and produced by NTRNZ. Like before, we’re responsible for video content in the game events, as well as graphic design in the marketing materials and the team’s social media.
Love of the Wild was the first full TV series produced by NTRNZ media Ltd, and in 2015-2016 the biggest project we had. The series turned out to be a success story right from the beginning. It is something that has never been seen before in northern Finnish content production.
Love of the Wild is a 12-part reality/lifestyle series commissioned by Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE. It depicts a nature-loving lifestyle and modern-day hunting and fishing in the wild.
The first season was broadcast on YLE’s TV1 in autumn 2016. Each episode of the series was watched by an average of 15% of Finland’s population (Online Areena service + television). Each episode shown on YLE’s TV1 on Sunday evening managed to attract an average of 10% of Finland`s population.
The first season is sold world wide to over 30 countries by YLE Sales.
Facts:
Premiered in autumn 2016
12 x 28 min
Full HD
Language: Finnish, English subtitles
Broadcaster: YLE
NTRNZ media has been granted funding for internationalisation and developing our IPR business from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The themes for structural funds during 2014-2020 are sustainable development, low-carbon energy sources, gender equality and equality.
Respect for nature is one of NTRNZ’s fundamental values and reflected in everything we do. Within the project we will map out the requirements set for content by international distribution channels in the changing media industry. In addition, we strive for a Europe-wide production network.
We are growing fast. World, here we come!
