During the last year, Swedish households have purchased an additional 700,000 new SVOD subscriptions, though Netflix lost subs for the first time since its launch in the country.

The French OTT service Salto, a collaboration between France Télévisions, M6 and TF1, is gearing up to go live on October 20.

According to Kantar’s latest Entertainment On Demand report, just 3 percent of U.K. households have taken on a new SVOD subscription in Q3, with Amazon seeing the most signups.

Channel 4 has launched its new training and development initiative 4Skills, which will supercharge its efforts to seek out and develop talent in the Nations and Regions.

Eagle Eye Drama has been commissioned to produce Quentin Blake’s Clown, based on the classic children’s book, as a prime-time family special for Channel 4.

ViacomCBS Networks International is bringing its free, ad-supported streaming service Pluto TV to Spain later this month.

Netflix has donated £600,000 ($775,000) to the Film and TV Charity’s latest COVID-19 recovery fund in the U.K.

Eccho Rights has signed a deal with Ukraine’s Studio Kvartal 95 for distribution rights to the hit comedy series Sugar Daddy.

AMC Networks’ Acorn TV is set to launch in Portugal on October 1 and will be available on MEO and NOS.

A new partnership has been established between all3media international and Two Rivers Media to support the development of scripted and unscripted projects.