Kristin Brzoznowski

BUDAPEST: Beyond Distribution has sold more than 100 hours of programming to broadcasters in Central and Eastern Europe, including a package deal with Poland’s TV Spektrum.

NEW YORK: Thanks to a new carriage pact with KPN, AMC Global will now be available in more than 95 percent of all pay-TV homes in the Netherlands.

BUDAPEST: Peter Kolosi, the deputy CEO and director of programming at RTL Hungary, discussed the dynamics of the local Hungarian market and shared insight into the group’s production strategy in a session this morning at NATPE Budapest.

LONDON/OSLO: Espen Huseby, the CEO of Nordic World, has completed a management buy-out of the company from TV 2 Norway.

LONDON: Naked Entertainment has appointed Tom O’Brien as director of development, reporting to CEO Simon Andreae.

GENEVA: Jean-Paul Philippot has been re-elected for a fifth consecutive term as president of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

LONDON: Eurosport has secured a five-year agreement with the AELTC to show live simulcast coverage in the U.K. of the Wimbledon finals and highlights, making it the only broadcaster in the country to show live coverage of all four Grand Slams.

LONDON: Sky and ITV have aligned with Ginx TV to launch the U.K. and Ireland’s first and only 24-hour eSports TV channel, GINX eSports TV.

LONDON: The newly unveiled Sky Cinema is set to replace Sky Movies in the U.K. and Ireland, with the revamped service promising to have a new film premiere every day.

MUNICH/VIENNA: Discovery Communications has inked a long-term pact with the public broadcaster ORF, making the events of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games available for Austrian audiences across multiple screens.