Kristin Brzoznowski

Netflix's historical drama The Crown has received five nominations for the Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards.

ORF-Enterprise has signed a range of agreements for titles from its blue-chip Universum strand, including Sky River of the Himalayas and The Canary Islands, along with several scripted deals.

Sky Vision has secured distribution, outside of Spain, for the Movistar+ series La Peste.

Liberty Global's UPC Romania has teamed up with Ownzones Media Network (OMN) to launch the Ownzones Passport Romania premium app.

MADRID: Movistar+ has come on board as a partner for the inaugural edition of Conecta FICTION, dedicated to the international co-production of scripted content for television.

LONDON: The Story Lab has negotiated a distribution deal with Vertical Distribution (formerly Freeman Distribution) across Central and Eastern Europe.

LUXEMBOURG: Marcel Reichart is planning to leave Bertelsmann and RTL Group at the end of March, with the RTL Digital Hub to be led by Co-CEO Guillaume de Posch and future Co-CEO Bert Habets going forward.

BUDAPEST: AMC Networks International – Central Europe has inked a three-year contract extension with Pragosport to broadcast Formula 1 exclusively in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

PARIS: Orange's new OCS service will become the exclusive home for HBO programs in France, as part of a new multiyear agreement between the two outfits.

STOCKHOLM: MTG has inked a deal to sell its free-TV, pay-TV, digital and radio businesses in the Baltic region to Providence Equity Partners.