HAMBURG/MUNICH: ProSiebenSat.1 group is merging its 100-percent holding in Aeria Games Europe into Gamigo and will become a minority shareholder in the merged publisher, with a 33-percent stake.

TOKYO: The English-language channel NHK WORLD TV has secured a deal to offer its channel on Tata Sky, one of the largest pay DTH operators in India.

LONDON: Alex Jones and Belinda Campbell have been appointed joint managing directors of Red Planet Pictures, the production company behind such dramas as Death in Paradise, The Passing Bells and Dickensian.

PARIS/BEIJING: TeamTO is expanding its global presence with the opening of a new office in Beijing, which will be headed up by film industry veteran Shu Ye.

Following its latest study, GfK suggests that commercial-free streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon may need to consider accepting advertising as an alternative to raising their subscription fees in order to achieve revenue and profit growth.

LONDON: Discovery Networks International and TLC in the U.S. have commissioned Cake Boss through season nine, with Buddy Valastro also on board to star in the new competition series Kitchen Wars.

WARSAW: SPI International is launching six of its thematic channels on TNT SAT Africa.

TORONTO: A new unscripted live-action series from FORTÉ Entertainment and Headtrip Films, encouraging kids to use photography to tell stories about themselves and the world around them, has been given the green light by Kids' CBC.

LONDON/NEW YORK: October Films has added to its development and production teams in the U.K. and the U.S.

LONDON: Laurence Bowen, whose credits include The Eichmann Show and Gates, is launching the new scripted indie Dancing Ledge, with investment from FremantleMedia.