Following the largest film festival in the Nordics is ready to step into the future. To invigorate its innovative strength and increase the pace of its digital development, the Göteborg Film Festival has chosen HiQ as its digital partner. "We are incredibly enthusiastic about this partnership. Together with the Göteborg Film Festival, we want to develop the festival and its streaming service into the obvious choice for Nordic film lovers,” says Jerker Lindstén, Managing Director of HiQ Gothenburg.

The Göteborg Film Festival is one of the highlights of the year for film lovers throughout the Nordics. Industry professionals and international celebrities mix with film enthusiasts and moviegoers, and the magic of the silver screen bathes participants in glamour, light and warmth when the Gothenburg winter is at its darkest.

In addition to the festival itself, the Göteborg Film Festival also runs Draken Film, its own streaming service, which has been named the best Swedish streaming service by Internetworld. The collaboration will be centred around getting the two parts to work together and HiQ’s role is digital innovation partner for new services and a simplified customer journey.

“We see incredible potential in this combination, with the digital and physical merging into a strong platform. We want to develop it so we can continue to circulate quality films and create a counterweight to an industry dominated by global players. HiQ’s strong digital expertise and experience from similar projects make them a perfect partner for us. Together we will be able to create completely new experiences for all film lovers,” says Mirja Wester, MD of the Göteborg Film Festival.

HiQ has previously delivered strong concepts for the Gothenburg Symphony and Royal Swedish Opera. Partnering with the Göteborg Film Festival will be another exciting challenge in the cultural sector. The first step in the work focuses on creating a customer journey that makes it easy and fun to buy movie experiences both at the festival and in the streaming service.

The partnership extends through the 45th edition of the festival, which takes place in 2022.

Following a tender process, HiQ signs a framework agreement with Telenor Connexion for consulting services in several areas related to development. Through the agreement, HiQ will help Telenor Connexion further develop its Internet of Things (IoT) platform. “I’m very glad that we have a framework agreement with Telenor Connexion, one of the pioneers in IoT. This agreement is evidence of HiQ’s high level of telecom expertise and yet more proof that our offering is in demand by the market,” says Lars Stugemo, SEO and President of HiQ.

HiQ has been working with Telenor for a long time and is now broadening the collaboration to include Telenor Connexion.

“HiQ has solid experience with IoT, including a prior project with Telenor Connexion to build the solution for the highly-recognised Husqvarna Battery Box concept. We are very pleased to be involved in further developing Telenor Connexion’s products for additional national and international expansion,” says Martin Krona, Managing Director at HiQ in Karlskrona.

Telenor Connexion offers both connectivity and a cloud based IoT platform and is one of the leading global players when it comes to connecting products. Through the new agreement, HiQ will be able to deliver expertise and teams to Telenor Connexion.

“We look forward to our collaboration with HiQ as they have the expertise we are looking for. Together we will be able to further develop our offer,” says Johan Björkman, Head of Sourcing at Telenor Connexion.