Collaboration with SVT

Success story

SVT

OUR contribution

SVT is the market leading television media provider and public broadcaster of Sweden. SVT Språkplay based on the LingvisPlay language support and learning format was the World’s first integrated language integration service,

offering the daily updated full media range (approximate 14 000 videos) serving hundred of thousands of refugees and migrants in Sweden.

How it began

With the huge influx of refugees to Europe and Sweden 2015-2016 due to the war in Syria, many organizations tried to contribute to the situation. Språkkraft, Lingvis foundation’s sister organization, contacted SVT with the idea of integrating the LingvisPlay format into its SVT Play streaming platform. In parallel SVT had been contacted by a group of students visualizing how television and language learning could be combined. The accessibility pioneer Erik Hedin and commissioner Are Nundal at SVT made it happen.

Collaboration

SVT Språkplay won the prestigious Prix Europa 2018, at the “Oscars” for European public service media, arranged by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), in the category Best European Online Project in competition with more than 20 other projects by other EBU members. In line with budget issues due to inflation and cost increases as well as the upcoming renegotiation of the terms under which SVT will operate, set by the Swedish parliament, SVT decided to terminate the SVT Språkplay service. This happened in the time of the greatest refugee crisis in Europe since WWII, leaving more than 40 000 Ukrainian refugees in Sweden with less opportunities to learn Swedish and contribute to the society while taking refuge in Sweden.

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Mitt i and Lingvis share an interest in reaching the migrant target group in Sweden with local news and opportunities to develop the language skills needed for local media consumption. Spreading the service further and establishing partnerships with more municipalities is a shared goal.

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