Norwegian media links
General media statistics
- Institute for Advertising and Media Statistics (IRM)
The IRM Institute for Advertising and Media Statistics collects, analyzes and publishes data about the advertising and media markets in the Nordic region. - Norwegian Competition Authority
enforces competiton law, ensuring that mergers and acquisitions do not significantly restrict competition. - Statistics Norway
is a central body responsible for Norway's official statistics. Conducts annual surveys of media and ICT use.
Research/Education
- Department of Art and Media Studies
at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Research covers media studies, film studies, art history, theatre and drama studies, and focuses on art and art practices. - Department of Information Science and Media Studies
at the University of Bergen. Conducts media research based both in a humanistic interpretive tradition and in the social sciences. Issues pertaining to democracy and cultural dissemination are central. - Department of Media and Communication
at the University of Oslo. Focuses on research, teaching and dissemination relating to modern media and their significance for society and people.
Newspapers
- Amedia
is Norway’s largest publisher of local newspaper titles. - Association of Local Newspapers
organizes approx. 100 local newspapers in Norway (website in Norwegian only). - Association of Norwegian Editors
organizes editors in Norwegian media. - Norwegian Media Authority
is an administrative body under the Ministry of Culture, handling media issues. Can provide information about media companies and owners, media legislation, press subsidies and broadcasting licenses. - Norwegian Media Businesses' Association
(formerly The Norwegian Newspaper Publishers' Association). Media trade and tariff organization in Norway, of which most members are newspaper groups. - Schibsted
owns the largest newspapers in Norway and has a website with lots of information about the group's activities.
Magazines
- Aller
publishes several weeklies and special interest magazines in Norway. - Bonnier Publications
is a magazine publisher based in Denmark which publishes several special interest magazines i Norway, as well as in Denmark and Sweden. - Egmont
is the largest magazine publisher in the Norwegian market. - Norwegian Media Businesses' Association
is a trade organisation for newspaper publishers, magazine publishers and local televison broadcasters (information about circulation and readership, but in Norwegian only).
Books
- Arts Council Norway
administers the Norwegian Cultural Fund, and is in charge of important funding schemes for Norwegian literature. - Cappelen Damm
is one of Norway's largest book publishers, owned by Egmont. - Gyldendal
is one of the largest book publishers in Norway. - National Library of Norway
registers all books and booklets published in Norway and publishes yearly statistics about Norwegian libraries. - Norwegian Booksellers Association
displays information about the Norwegian book market. Norwegian text only. - Norwegian Publishers Association
is a trade organisation for book publishers. The members represent approx. 85 % of the sales from publishers to booksellers in Norway. Publishes annual statistics on book sales.
Film
- Film & Kino
is a combination of a member organisation for Norwegian municipalities and an industry organisation for the cinema and video industries. Norwegian text only. - Ministry of Culture
is responsible for cultural policy, regulations and other matters regarding the media, e.g. subsidy schemes for film production and the press. - Norwegian Film Institute
is an executive body under the Ministry of Culture, administering all national support for film production in Norway. The Institute preserves, support and distributes Norwegian films. - Norwegian Media Authority
classifies film and video, as well as video and computer games.
Radio
- Consumer Electronics Trade Foundation
publishes annual sales statistics on radio equipment, including analog and digital receivers. Statistics in norwegian text only. - Norwegian Media Authority
administers broadcasting regulations and issues licences to broadcasters of local radio stations. - NRK (The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)
is Norway's national public service broadcasting company, offering a large number of radio channels both in FM and in DAB.
Television
- Consumer Electronics Trade Foundation
publishes annual statistics on TV equipment sales. Statistics in norwegian text only. - Kabel Norge
is a trade union for the commercial cable-TV operators in Norway. - Ministry of Culture
is responsible for official policy in media matters in Norway and is the general assembly of public service broadcaster NRK. - Norges Televisjon
is licensed to operate the digital terrestrial television network in Norway. Owned jointly by media companies NRK, TV 2 and Telenor. - Norwegian Communications Authority (Nkom)
monitors and regulates the postal and telecommunications markets in Norway. Publishes annual report, 'The Norwegian Electronic Communications Services Market', with information about the TV distribution market. - Norwegian Media Authority
administers broadcasting regulations and issues licences to local television broadcasting. - Norwegian Media Businesses' Association
is a trade organisation for newspaper publishers, magazine publishers and local televison broadcasters. (Information in Norwegian only.) - NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)
is Norway's national public service broadcasting company and owner of Norway's largest TV channel.
ICT
- Abelia
is a business association of Norwegian knowledge- and technology based enterprises. - ICT Norway
is trade organisation for the ICT sector in Norway. - Norwegian Communications Authority (Nkom)
monitors and regulates the postal and telecommunications markets in Norway. Publishes annual report, 'The Norwegian Electronic Communications Services Market', with comprehensive ICT statistics. - Statistics Norway
has statistics on the Norwegian information society and various topics related to ICT.