Kristin Brzoznowski

Operating profit was down 6 percent at Sky to £1.47 billion ($1.9 billion) for the year ended June 30, impacted by Premier League costs.

Total external revenue at ITV was down 3 percent to £1.46 billion ($1.9 billion) in the first half of the year, as advertising dipped.

Amedia TV has become the home of HBO in Russia through the signing of an expanded multiyear deal.

Consolidated revenue for the first half of 2017 reached €1.04 billion ($1.2 billion) at TF1, up 1.1 percent, as costs were down considerably thanks to the year-on-year comparison with the spend for the Euro 2016 football championship.

Altice has entered into a definitive agreement with Promotora de Informaciones (Prisa) to acquire its 94.7 percent stake in Media Capital.

Hartswood Films has tapped Doctor Who EP Brian Minchin to head up drama development at the company's Cardiff production base, Hartswood West, starting in September.

In its 2016 annual report, Channel 4 posted revenues of £995 million ($1.3 billion) and revealed that it spent a record £695 million ($895 million) on programming.

France's Orange has set up Orange Content and is pledging €100 million ($114 million) over the next five years to produce “ambitious series.”

Hayemaker Ringstar, a joint venture between world boxing champion David Haye and promoter Richard Schaefer, has inked a TV rights deal with UKTV for the entertainment channel Dave.

Cyfrowy Polsat is bringing three channels from the BBC Worldwide portfolio—BBC Brit, BBC Earth and CBeebies—to its online video platform Ipla.