The Danish library streaming service Filmstriben loaned out a total of 1.7 million films in 2020. This is an increase of 600,000 loans from the previous year. Filmstriben's technical solutions are provided by Norgesfilm.
Filmstriben is the library streaming service of the Danish Library Center (DBC) and has been a customer of Norgesfilm for a number of years.
– The Danish library was an early adopter and has been committed to a full-fledged digital film offering available to the public from home since 2009, says Anders Koppang-Grønn, CEO of Norgesfilm.
– During the corona period, libraries have been partially or completely closed, which naturally has major consequences for the public's access to physical media. The libraries have therefore worked extra hard to continue to ensure their relevance to the public. This has yielded fantastic results, as they succeed in reaching existing and new users every single day through an attractive digital film offering, easily accessible to residents via their library card, Koppang-Grønn continues.
Norgesfilm provides services to DBC for the operation and continuous development of Filmstriben. This includes, among other things, a platform for business logic, player, streaming/distribution via CDN, security/DRM, post-production (technical film preparation) and storage of all films, and app development for iOS, Android and AppleTV.
Several Danish media outlets have reported on Filmstriben's record year, including avisen.dk.