Celia Taylor, a former Sky executive, has been appointed managing director of Mentorn Media, which is owned by Tinopolis Group.

As competition intensifies, Asia’s leading pay-TV programmers are innovating their strategies for finding, and keeping, audiences.

New Advertising Association (AA)/WARC Expenditure Report data shows that U.K. advertising spend grew 3.7 percent to £10.8 billion ($14.3 billion) during the first six months of 2017, the largest first-half total of any year since monitoring began in 1982.

MTV’s Shore franchise is returning to TV with the premiere of MTV Floribama Shore next month.

Channel 4 has appointed Ian Katz, the editor of BBC’s Newsnight, as director of programs.

Talpa’s Dance Dance Dance format has been renewed for a second season by FOX Life in Italy.

TV5MONDE Asie and TV5MONDE Pacifique are general-entertainment channels that feature a range of genres, while TV5MONDE Style HD is dedicated to French lifestyle fare.

YouTube has ordered Ultimate Expedition, a new adventure competition show presented by YouTube sensation Jukka Hildén (The Dudesons).

Portfolio Entertainment has secured the global rights for the animated mystery series Addison, commissioned by CBC Kids, outside of Canada.

Nickelodeon has unveiled the voice cast for its upcoming 2D animated show Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which is due to debut on the channel in 2018.