Impact TV

What Impact TV does

Impact TV is a Danish production company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Copenhagen that produces factual and lifestyle documentary content with a stated mission of improving Danish society. The company operates with a platform-independent production methodology — rather than optimizing for a single medium, Impact TV selects the optimal format (TV, book, or podcast) for each story based on narrative fit. This approach creates cross-format synergies: TV productions benefit books by sharing resources, while podcasts receive option rights on all content. Notable productions include Sirius, Metoo: Sexisme bag skærmen, Giv os naturen tilbage, De Misbrugte Filmbørn, Fri os fra kontanthjælp, Mit liv som luder, Pressens kriminelle håndlanger, and the Lovløs podcast.

The company serves Danish broadcasting and streaming platforms as its primary customer segment, with secondary reach into book publishers and podcast platforms. Its go-to-market is direct sales to commissioning broadcasters and content licensing deals. Revenue is generated through commissioned productions and multi-format content licensing, with a stated philosophy of "earning money by making content" rather than the inverse. Impact TV has 11-50 employees and describes itself as having grown organically, deliberately narrowing its focus to high-end factual and lifestyle content while avoiding fiction and large entertainment formats — positioning itself as one of few Danish production companies competing at the premium end of the factual genre rather than competing on volume in the low-end segment.

Name

Impact TV

Legal name

Impact TV

Website

https://impacttv.dk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Impact TV is a Danish factual content production company that creates societal-improvement-focused documentaries and lifestyle programming for TV, streaming platforms, book publishers, and podcast platforms, using a platform-independent production methodology.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Documentary Production Services

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Production (51211)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Social Issue & Advocacy Documentaries (MPADADAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Business, Politics & Current Affairs Documentaries (MPADADAJ)

Keywords

• Documentary production
• Factual content
• Lifestyle programming
• Content licensing
• TV production services

Headquarters

HQ city

Copenhagen

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Content Production Services: Production of factual and lifestyle documentary content for TV, streaming platforms, and other media. Revenue generated through commissioned productions and content licensing.
2. Multi-format Content Licensing: Cross-platform content licensing across TV, books, podcasts, and other media formats based on story assessment and platform potential.

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Impact TV is a Danish production company that produces factual and lifestyle documentary content focused on societal improvement. Productions are deployed across multiple formats — TV, books, and podcasts — based on the optimal expression of each story, with cross-format synergies such as TV resources enriching books and podcasts receiving option rights to all content.

Product overview

Impact TV is a documentary and factual content production company operating as a single unified offering rather than a modular platform. The company produces societal-improvement-focused content across multiple genres (factual and lifestyle) and platforms (TV, book, podcast), with specific projects including Sirius, Metoo: Sexisme bag skærmen, Giv os naturen tilbage, De Misbrugte Filmbørn, Fri os fra kontanthjælp, Mit liv som luder, Pressens kriminelle håndlanger, and the Lovløs podcast. The 'Impact update' appears as a sub-brand within their portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Impact TV Production Services Production company service producing factual and lifestyle documentary content focused on societal improvement, deployed across TV, books, and podcasts. For Danish broadcasters, streaming platforms, book publishers, and podcast platforms.
• Impact update A branded initiative or sub-product line referenced in the company's visual identity and communications.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Miso Film: Danish-based Scandinavian production company producing both drama series and high-end factual/documentary content for broadcasters and streamers. Directly comparable to Impact TV as a Danish-headquartered factual content producer serving similar Nordic broadcasters and streaming buyers.
• Friday Media: Danish production company producing documentary and factual content for Scandinavian and international broadcasters. Directly comparable in mandate, geography, and customer base (Nordic public broadcasters and streamers).
• Toolbox Film: Danish factual and documentary production company based in Copenhagen producing content for DR, TV 2, and international broadcasters. Closely comparable in scale, geography, and factual/documentary focus to Impact TV's Danish societal-improvement mandate.
• Strong Productions: Copenhagen-based documentary and factual production company with a slate of high-end Danish documentaries for public broadcasters. Comparable as a small-to-mid Danish factual producer competing for the same commissioning slots as Impact TV.

Broad incumbents

• Banijay Nordic: Major global content producer (Banijay Group) operating across the Nordics with a factual and entertainment production portfolio. Comparable as a large-scale factual content competitor but with significantly broader scope and resources than Impact TV's boutique Danish factual focus.
• ITV Studios Factual: Factual and documentary production division of ITV Studios producing content for UK and international broadcasters and streamers. Comparable in the high-end factual genre and cross-platform distribution ambitions, but operates as part of a much larger global portfolio than Impact TV.
• Nordisk Film Production: One of the oldest and largest Scandinavian film and TV production companies, producing drama, factual, and entertainment content across the Nordics. Comparable as a Danish factual producer but with substantially broader portfolio and scale than Impact TV.
• BBC Studios Documentary Unit: Global factual and documentary production arm of BBC Studios, producing high-end investigative and societal-issue documentaries for international buyers. Comparable in editorial ambition and factual genre but operates at substantially larger scale and global footprint than Impact TV.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/impacttvdk
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/impact-tv
• Instagraminstagram.com/impact_tv_press

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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