Believe it or not, the idea to launch a service exclusively for educational establishments was born when we were approached by our dear friend and long-time industry colleague from Lillehammer.  Are you thinking, why does the name of Lillehammer ring a bell?  Back in 1994, around the same time as the TV format business started its climb up the telly programming Olympus, this Norwegian town hosted the Winter Olympics. Almost twenty years later, the same melodious name was ringing around again, when the Norwegian-American series Lilyhammer, set in the town of Lillehammer, was watched in more than 130 countries around the world, promoted as ‘the first time Netflix offered exclusive content’. Perhaps not so many know that Lillehammer also hosts ‘The Norwegian TV School’, recognised as Norway’s leading educational institution for those looking to build a career in television.

We could go on like this, revealing many more interesting bits of information about this picturesque Norwegian town. However, the whole point is this – if someone needs to spend much of their precious time with different sources, looking up and checking different facts, like those provided above, professional databases and expert insight can assist tremendously. When it comes to resourcing and analysing information that covers several decades of television and online productions, as well as other industry developments – this is where K7’s offering comes in as unique and invaluable.

We are incredibly proud and excited to become the first in the TV industry to develop a dedicated new online service for students and academic staff, in response to a growing demand from universities, TV and Film Schools, and other educational institutions across the globe.