Kristin Brzoznowski

LONDON: Stephen Johnstone has been appointed as managing director of MEDIAPRO Content UK, tasked with launching the Spanish TV and film group's production business in London.

COLOGNE: In addition to showcasing a range of new programs and formats from its catalog, WDR mediagroup (WDRmg) arrives at MIPCOM with a host of digital services to offer.

PARIS: CANAL+ Group is overhauling its TV packages and enlarging its distribution channels to reach more subscribers.

LONDON: Daniel Korn has been appointed VP of programming for A+E Networks UK, responsible for sourcing and scheduling content for the bouquet of pay-TV channels that includes HISTORY, Lifetime, Crime + Investigation and the recently launched free-to-air BLAZE.

PARIS/LONDON: Peter Langenberg, who served as VP of business management at Warner Bros. International TV Production from 2011 until 2016, has been appointed chief operating officer of the Banijay Group.

MUNICH/LONDON: A new partnership between Palatin Media and Content Media Corporation will see the two working together to source and acquire shows as well as to co-distribute in the international market.

ISTANBUL: ITV Inter Medya has signed a distribution pact to represent a number of titles from Spain's Secuoya Group.

LONDON: As part of a newly signed multiyear pact, TalkTalk TV customers in the U.K. will receive continued access to Sky entertainment channels such as Sky 1 and Sky Living.

Western Europe’s pay-TV markets are going from strength to strength, while growth is slowing for Netflix and other OTT services in the region, according to new research from Ovum. Ovum's Western Europe: Pay-TV & Free-To-Air Forecasts to 2021 report finds that there were 98 million pay-TV subscribers in Western Europe at mid-2016 and is forecasting that 7 million more will be added by the end of 2021, taking the total to 105 million.

LONDON: Sky has made a big push in the world of virtual reality with the launch of the brand-new app Sky VR.