COPENHAGEN: Further senior executive appointments have been made for Banijay Zodiak Nordic Group, including Karoline Spodsberg being named COO.

AMSTERDAM: Lineup Industries's social-justice format The Bully Project is slated for broadcast on ABC in Australia, where the show will be presented by Olympian and former Young Australian of the Year Ian Thorpe.

PARIS/SYDNEY: STUDIOCANAL has appointed Elizabeth Trotman, who has held posts at Disney, Warner Bros. and BBC Worldwide, as CEO of Australia and New Zealand.

BREDA: Studio 100 International has appointed Brand4rent as a licensing agent for Maya the Bee across all Russian territories.

WARSAW: Several channels from SPI International/FilmBox’s pay-TV portfolio are rolling out in the Balkans via Telekom Srbija, Mtel Bosnia & Herzegovina and Mtel Montenegro.

ISTANBUL: Following Global Agency’s Tuesday night party, held at the company’s spacious new offices, many event-goers arrived back at the convention center this morning for a day of DISCOP Istanbul spotlighting territories on the rise.

UNIVERSAL CITY: Universal Cable Productions (UCP) is working on a scripted true-crime series, The Von Bülow Affair, based on the infamous trial of British socialite Claus Von Bülow for the murder of his wife, Sunny.

DUBAI: The pay-TV network OSN, which operates across the Middle East and North Africa, has gained exclusive access to a roster of movies and future TV series from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM).

LONDON: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced that Greg Dyke has been appointed as its VP for television.

NEW YORK: Nickelodeon has unveiled the details for two new sports-themed series from production partners Rob Dyrdek and Shane Nickerson of Superjacket Productions, among a slew of other new and returning programming for this year.