Kristin Brzoznowski

LONDON: Sky has invested €4 million ($4.5 million) in Molotov, an OTT video platform in France.

LONDON: As of today, a new law is in effect that requires viewers to be covered by a TV license in order to download or watch BBC programs on-demand on the BBC iPlayer.

LONDON: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is headed to the U.K., grabbing a slot on E! to air express from the U.S.

MUNICH/UNTERFÖHRING: Sky Deutschland and Fox Networks Group Germany have expanded their partnership to include even more content being made available across nonlinear platforms.

DOHA: beIN Media Group has completed its acquisition of the Turkish pay-TV operator Digiturk.

MILAN: Sky Italia, Cattleya, Indiana, Italian International Film, Palomar and Wildside have reached a deal for the formation of a theatrical distribution company.

PARIS: Vivendi has implemented a plan to reduce costs at CANAL+ by €300 million ($339 million), of which around €60 million ($68 million) to €80 million ($90 million) will be realized this year.

LONDON: A League of Their Own: US Road Trip has been greenlit for a second installment, in a deal between Sky and CPL Productions.

LONDON: Charlotte Moore, the director of BBC Content, has unveiled a raft of new commissions for BBC One, including a fourth season of Line of Duty and an adaptation of the young adult novel Noughts and Crosses.

LONDON: Nicholas Yearwood, a founding member of Idris Elba’s production company Green Door Pictures, has joined Woodcut Media and Duchess Street Productions as a consultant executive producer.