Kristin Brzoznowski

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.

LONDON: Virgin Media has unveiled its new connected entertainment offerings, including a 4K-ready V6 box and an own-branded TellyTablet personal smart TV.

Digital TV Research estimates that Eastern Europe will have 18.19 million paying SVOD subscribers by 2021, up from the 3.33 million reported at end-2015.

MADRID: Miguel Salvat has been appointed as the commissioning editor of original programming for HBO Europe in Spain.