Kristin Brzoznowski

LONDON: The new independent production company House Productions has launched with the backing of BBC Worldwide and Access Entertainment.

LONDON: Among U.K. viewers who watched paid-for on-demand content in 2016, Netflix was by far the most popular service, according to the latest Ofcom report.

MUNICH: In the second quarter of 2016, ProSiebenSat.1 Group increased its revenues by 15 percent to 886 million euros ($986 million), with all segments contributing profitable revenue growth.

LONDON: Liberty Global and Discovery Communications have renewed their long-term distribution partnership, inking a new multiplatform deal that spans 12 markets across Europe.

LONDON: Starting this September, U.K. viewers will be required to pay the license fee in order to watch catch-up programming on the BBC iPlayer.

Revenue from pay TV and paid VOD in Germany increased 12 percent year-on-year to €2.49 billion ($2.74 billion) in 2015, with a gain of 8 to 11 percent forecast for this year, according to VPRT, the German commercial broadcasters' association. In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, pay TV and paid VOD revenue totaled €2.7 billion ($2.97 billion).

LONDON: Channel 5 is planning to launch My5 as a free-to-air linear service, set to go live in early August, replacing Channel 5+24.

DUBLIN: Dermot Horan has been appointed to the post of interim managing director at RTÉ Television, while Adrian Lynch has been named interim channel controller for RTÉ2.

MUNICH: For the 2015 financial year, Tele München Group (TMG) saw its total revenues exceeding 236 million euros ($260 million) and EBITDA of 56 million euros ($62 million).

DUBLIN: Virgin Media Ireland has secured a long-term agreement with Sky for the ongoing carriage of a number of Sky channels, though it is opting to drop the eir Sports package, which includes BT Sports.