Banijay Benelux has expanded its portfolio with the acquisition of a majority stake in the Dutch sports producer Southfields.

Martha Brass has been appointed BBC Studios Productions' new chief operating officer, reporting to Ralph Lee, CEO of BBC Studios Productions.

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) and the Polish cable TV operator Vectra have secured a multi-year distribution deal that makes NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service available to Vectra’s 1.7 million customers.

Ruth Kelly, executive producer of The Detectives, has been appointed director of programs at Twenty Twenty, part of the Warner Bros. International Television Production group.

Banijay has launched Banijay Talent, a new influencer agency that will sit within Banijay France, with Hugues Dangy taking on the role of president.

That’s Media’s brand-new U.K. channel That’s TV Gold has launched on Sky and Freeview.

Dramatist and playwright Jack Thorne has been tapped to deliver the James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture, the flagship session of this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival, sponsored by YouTube and Screen Scotland.

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has secured the exclusive media rights to show the Premier League live on its Viaplay streaming service in the Netherlands, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from 2022 to 2028.

The Royal Television Society (RTS) has announced that its biennial Cambridge Convention will go ahead in person for 2021, as well as the event's first confirmed speakers.

Little Dot Studios has hired Ed Turner for the newly created role of director of media.