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STOCKHOLM: YouSee's Mathias Berg has been lined up as the new director of channels for TV4 Group, effective August 25. Berg will be responsible for TV4 Group's linear and digital channels and platforms. He will also oversee the distribution, planning and viewer analysis/business intelligence. Berg will report to CEO Casten …

SANTA MONICA/LONDON: Lionsgate has hired two new sales directors, Mark James and Fabio Etienne-Tinchant, for the company's London office. James will handle sales for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), while Etienne-Tinchant is charged with Greece, Turkey, Africa, the Middle East, Spain and Portugal. James reports to Roberta Ibba-Hartog, Lionsgate's head …

NEW YORK: SPI International has secured carriage with the Digital Cable Group (DCG) in Switzerland for the sports channels FightBox HD and Fast&FunBox HD in the Swiss/German-speaking part of the country. FightBox HD and Fast&FunBox HD have been added by DCG to its dedicated sports package. Both SPI channels are …

PRAGUE: This afternoon in Prague, NATPE Europe held its first-ever Celebration of Polish TV Programming event, honoring Piotr Korycki, a member of the board of TVN; Andrzej Muszynski, the president of ATM Group; and Urszula Piasecka, sales director at Monolith Films, along with the celebrated filmmaker Agnieszka Holland. Rod Perth, …

PRAGUE: Today marks the end of NATPE Europe’s four-day run in its new home in Prague, following a successful market that saw more attendees, more conferences and an overall positive sentiment about the relocation to the Czech capital. Rod Perth, the president and CEO of NATPE, told World Screen Newsflash …

LONDON: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is expanding its business in the U.K. with the acquisition of CSC Media Group, which owns 16 channels, including Tiny Pop, Chart Show TV and True Movies. Under the terms of the deal with Veronis Suhler Stevenson, SPT takes 100-percent control of CSC and will operate …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) has extended for six more seasons its exclusive rights on all platforms to the soccer league Danish Superliga. The new agreement has MTG holding the live-coverage rights to the first, third, fourth and sixth pick matches in all 33 rounds of the season, totaling 792 …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) has completed its acquisition of a 75-percent interest in Trace, which operates a range of music channels. The company's management owns 25 percent, and the business will continue to be led by Olivier Laouchez as chairman and CEO. MTG will report Trace within its pay-TV …

LONDON: UKTV's Dave channel is set to launch in 2015 a semi-improvised comedy series starring David Hasselhoff, produced by the team behind An Idiot Abroad. Me & You Productions is making the 6×30-minute Hoff the Record, which will be shot in documentary style, chronicling the life of "The Hoff," a …

NEW YORK: A+E Networks has made two appointments to its EMEA team, naming Kiaran Saunders as its VP for the region and Jon Wildman to the newly created role of VP of ad sales. In his new position, which is effective September 1, Saunders will be charged with A+E Networks' …