LONDON: Turner has licensed the U.K. rights for the mystery comedy series Search Party to Channel 4's free on-demand channel All 4.

LONDON: Edge Investments has backed the British video start-up Newsflare, investing £2.4 million ($3 million) for a minority shareholding and a seat on the board.

LONDON: A new partnership between Channel 5 and Google sees the video-on-demand service My5 become available on the Chromecast media streaming device.

DUBLIN: The Irish channels TV3 and 3e have been refreshed with new brand identities, while UTV Ireland is being replaced by be3.

A new report from Digital TV Research forecasts 55.17 million paying SVOD subscribers across 17 countries in Western Europe by 2021, with Netflix and Amazon Prime Video as the dominant services.

AMSTERDAM: Altice Group has landed agreements with NBCUniversal International and Discovery Communications for SFR in France and has revealed plans to launch a new premium channel dedicated to series and movies.

MUNICH: Dr. Jan Kemper has been appointed to the executive board of ProSiebenSat.1 Media, set to take up the role of chief financial officer from June 1, 2017.

HILVERSUM: Anna Bråkenhielm, who previously founded Talpa Scandinavia, has joined the Dutch operations-based media consultancy firm 3Rivers.

GENEVA: The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is backing the European Commission’s (EC) proposed changes that would allow audiovisual services to be made available across borders within the "Digital Single Market."

AMSTERDAM: All3Media has appointed Taco Rijssemus as the new CEO of its Dutch production company IDTV.