LONDON: Turner Broadcasting has named former UKTV exec Dan Fahy as its senior director of commercial development for the U.K. and Northern Europe. Fahy will work out of the company’s EMEA headquarters in London, reporting directly to Ian McDonough, the senior VP and managing director of Northern Europe. In his ...

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LONDON: Alex Mahon and Dawn Airey are among the industry experts tapped for an advisory group, appointed by U.K. Culture Secretary John Whittingdale, to assist in the BBC Charter Review process. According to a statement from the Secretary of State for Culture, Media, Sport, the group "will play an important ...

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LONDON: BBC and NRK have signed on to air the 2015 Global Citizen Festival, which is being distributed by BBC Worldwide. The hour-long special from BAFTA Award-winning screenwriter Richard Curtis features performances by big names in music, including Beyoncé, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Pearl Jam and more. It will air on ...

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LONDON: Films from Sony Pictures Television (SPT) are set to become available on the curated VOD service MUBI following a multiyear distribution partnership between the two companies. The deal, exclusive to the U.K. market, brings Sony films such as Taxi Driver, Closer, Punch-Drunk Love, All That Jazz, Adaptation, Dr. Strangelove, ...

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STOCKHOLM: MTG has increased its stake in the European multichannel network Splay from 49 percent to 81 percent. MTG acquired additional shares from the company's founders and made a direct investment in the venture, which is the leading MCN in Scandinavia and is present in Germany. Splay has 430 YouTube ...

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PARIS: Sophie Turner Laing, the CEO of Endemol Shine Group, will deliver a Media Mastermind keynote address on the opening day of MIPCOM, October 5. This will be Turner Laing's first MIPCOM address as the head of Endemol Shine, created from the merger of Endemol, Shine Group and CORE Media. ...

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STOCKHOLM: Dr. Ambuj Goyal has been named the new CEO of Magine TV after having served as a member of the company's board since May 2014 and its president and COO for the last nine months. Goyal has overseen significant investment in innovation and tech development at the company, with ...

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LONDON: Sky 1 has landed the rights to ABC's upcoming comedy The Muppets, set to air this fall alongside a host of new British originals positioning the channel as a destination for family entertainment. The British channel says it has upped its spend on new programs by 20 percent. As ...

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LONDON: GroupM forecasts that advertising spending in the U.K. will increase by 6.3 percent this year to reach £15.9 billion ($24.8 billion). The figures were released as part of the This Year, Next Year: U.K. Media and Marketing Forecasts report from GroupM. Ad spend in 2016 is expected to rise ...

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LONDON: Small to medium-sized independents landed 34 percent of commissioning spend in the U.K. in 2014, up from 24 percent the year prior, according to the Pact Census Report. Pact, which represents the interests of the British indie sector, classifies small to medium-sized independents as those with a turnover of ...

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