Joanna Padovano Tong

LONDON: This year's Brand Licensing Europe (BLE) from October 11 to 13 surpassed targets with its record-breaking show, which, with an 8 percent increase in gross square meterage, was the event's largest edition to date.

CANNES: SPI International/FILMBOX Channels Group have launched an Ultra HD on-demand streaming app on Amazon Fire TV and replaced the FUNBOX 4K/UHD demo loop on Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD satellite with a full-fledged channel.

CANNES/NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has unveiled the 2016 nominations for the International Emmy Kids Awards, with the ceremony slated to take place during next year's MIPTV.

LONDON: NBCUniversal Brand Development has appointed Jonathan Baker as VP for EMEA at NBCUniversal Consumer Products, and Hannah Mungo as country director for the U.K. and Ireland at NBCUniversal Consumer Products.

LONDON: The four finalists have been announced for this year's License This! competition, which is slated to take place at Brand Licensing Europe (BLE) next month.

BRISTOL: As part of ESPN's wide-ranging multimedia deal with the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), ESPN Caribbean has picked up the English-language rights to distribute UEFA events from 2018 to 2022 across its various platforms.

LONDON: Juliette Squair, a former Audio Network exec, has become the deputy CEO of TRX, the newly launched online deal-making tool for the buying and selling of TV rights.

MELBOURNE: Seven Network in Australia has signed an agreement for all-encompassing coverage of this year's World Cup of Golf, which will be held in November.

AUCKLAND: New Zealand's MediaWorks has made one appointment and two promotions for its programming and management teams, including hiring David Hine as the new general manager of 3NOW.

LONDON: Oscar-winning director Ang Lee (Life of Pi, Brokeback Mountain) has been selected to receive the International Honour for Excellence at IBC2016.