Michael Jay Solomon’s Digital Content International (DCI) and Scandinavian distributor Nordic World features the New Form slate as part of DCI / Nordic World line-up at MIPTV, 2018 for international distribution. Prior to MIPTV the company secured multi-platform international distribution rights for New Form’s slate of critically acclaimed short form scripted series, including the Streamy Award-winning series Mr. Student Body President (go90), I Ship It (CW’s The Seed) and Oscar’s Hotel (Vimeo).

DCI Chairman & CEO Michael Jay Solomon who is attending MIPTV 2018 says: “The New Form slate allows us to take premium quality short-form series out internationally to audiences that have accelerated adoption of digital consumption and growth of OTT channels.” In the last quarter of 2017 DCI bought a significant stake in Nordic World in its strategy to be aggressive in terms of new properties and IP. Since its inception in 2014, New Form has consistently teamed with the most creative online video creators to produce high-quality content of all formats for all genres.

The DCI / Nordic World agreement with New Form marks the first time the shows will be available on all channels and all platforms globally. In addition to the Streamy winners - Mr. Student Body President (Jeremy Shada, Gabriel Conte, Arden Rose), I Ship It (Helen Highfield, Riley Neldam), and Oscar’s Hotel (Chris Kendall, Anna Akana), the New Form slate includes Replay (Lyndsy Fonseca, Tyler James Williams), Cold (Analise Baso, Jim True-Frost), Shitty Boyfriends (Sandra Oh, Melissa Hunter), Algorhym (Jesse Pepe, Craig Benzine), Party Girl (Lisa Schwartz, Shaun Brown), Lost Generation (Katie Findley, Calum Worthy), Dr. Havoc’s Diary (Flula Borg, Grace Helbig), The Fourth Door (Joey Graceffa, Monique Coleman) and The Parallax Theory (Vincent Cyr). The series were developed as part of New Form pilot program and were featured on channels including Refinery29, CW’s The Seed, and go90.

About DCI
DCI is a multi-platform content licensing aggregator and distributor created by industry pioneer Michael Jay Solomon, whose professional career has spanned several decades. In 1978, Mr. Solomon co-founded one of the largest television production and distribution companies with Telepictures Corporation. It owned and operated six TV stations in the U.S. and went on to acquiring Lorimar in 1986, forming Lorimar Telepictures whose productions included Dallas, Alf, Falcon Crest and Knot’s Landing. Lorimar Telepictures was then sold to Warner Bros. where, as president of Warner Bros. International Television, he was instrumental in opening hitherto inaccessible markets such as China, Russia and India, as well as other third-world countries. In 1984 Mr. Solomon co-founded HBO Ole (now HBO Latin America); co-founded the first satellite-delivered station in Scandinavia (SF Succe); and co-founded Armitraj-Solomon, a TV and feature film production company in India. Since then Mr. Solomon has partnered with Shanghai Media Group Broadband to stream Chinese-language broadcast networks live across the globe outside China. His latest venture, Truli Media Group, of which he is founder and chairman, is a digital platform focusing on family and faith content. DCI’s management team currently operate exclusively in the US, Europe, Australasia, China, Africa and Latin America.

About Nordic World AS
Nordic World is the leading international Nordic sales cooperation between a number of the Nordic regions’ major broadcasters; TV4 Sweden, TV2 Norway, TV2 Denmark, MTV3 Finland and NRK Norway as well as representing a large majority of independent producers from the region. Our business is to create value for by selling own and third party content rights to the worldwide market. Nordic World offers a wide range of quality programs ranging from crime & thriller drama miniseries, soaps and factuals (current affairs documentaries, lifestyle, travel), children’s programs and the very best independent formats. Nordic World’s headquarters are in Oslo and maintains offices in London and New York. In November 2017 Michael Jay Solomon’s DCI became a significant shareholder in Nordic World positioning the two companies as a major independent linear and digital content aggregator with an extensive Michael Jay Solomon’s DCI’s digital international footprint via its global distribution network and strategic worldwide alliances.

About New Form
New Form is an entertainment studio that redefines how stories are developed, packaged and distributed. New Form empowers creators and audiences to produce original narratives that transcend traditional categories and platforms. New Form series are on a variety of global outlets, including TBS, CW’s The Seed, Freeform, and go90.