Kristin Brzoznowski

STOCKHOLM: Jonas Fors is leaving his position as CEO of SF Studios, effective immediately, following allegations of cultivating a sexist corporate culture and improper conduct.

PARIS: The French antitrust authority Autorité de la Concurrence has ruled against the CANAL+ Group's proposal for exclusive distribution of beIN Sports in France.

AMSTERDAM/MUNICH: CBS Studios International (CBSSI) has licensed the German broadcast rights for The Late Late Show with James Corden to RTL II.

LONDON: Sky has clinched a new contract for Bundesliga football through to 2021, with an average rights cost per annum of €876 million ($998 million).

LONDON: Laurence Bowen, whose credits include The Eichmann Show and Gates, is launching the new scripted indie Dancing Ledge, with investment from FremantleMedia.

LONDON: Channel 4 has picked up a minority stake in Barcroft Holdings, which includes such business lines as content creation and digital distribution.

HELSINKI: Finnish indie Rabbit Films has hired Jonathan Tuovinen to lead its international distribution expansion plans.

LONDON: Sky Atlantic has a new comedy coming to its schedule, Sick Note, which will star Rupert Grint, Nick Frost and Don Johnson.

HAMBURG/MUNICH: ProSiebenSat.1 group is merging its 100-percent holding in Aeria Games Europe into Gamigo and will become a minority shareholder in the merged publisher, with a 33-percent stake.

STOCKHOLM: MTG has acquired 22 percent of Engage Sports Media (ESM), which enables premium sports-rights owners to digitalize and monetize their content for global audiences, by making it available online, on-demand and on mobile.