Kristin Brzoznowski

Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has agreed to sell its broadcast operations in Croatia and Slovenia to Slovenia Broadband, a subsidiary of United Group.

Endemol Shine Turkey has filed for insolvency, following an investigation into the Istanbul-based office.

Series Mania is relocating from Paris to Lille, France, where the event will take place April 20 to 28, 2018.

The BBC has published its annual plan for 2017-18, which in part outlines a greater effort to highlight the distinctiveness of its services.

Endemol Shine UK has added to its portfolio the new label Sharp Jack TV, which will focus on entertainment and factual-entertainment programming.

Sony Pictures Television Networks is launching Cine Sony, a new free-to-air channel dedicated to the world of cinema, in Italy on September 7.

GroupM has revised its 2017 U.K. advertising forecast from a previously projected 7-percent growth down to 4.1 percent. U.K. advertising is expected to see its eighth consecutive year of growth, with the 4.1-percent increase in spending taking the industry to a predicted investment of £18.6 billion ($23.6 billion).

AwesomenessTV has signed two separate deals, with 2btube in Spain and Nordisk Film in the Nordics, to further its reach in new markets.

Jan Rudovský, the head of acquisitions at the Czech broadcaster FTV Prima, told World Screen Newsflash that factual programming and independent movies are two areas of interest as he meets with distributors at NATPE Budapest.

Magine and Dinamedia have aligned to launch a new subscription-based VOD service, FlixOlé, for Spanish movies.