Kristin Brzoznowski

The Edinburgh TV Festival (ETF), brought to you by YouTube and Screen Scotland, has lined up Whoopi Goldberg as the International Icon Interview.

Actor James Nesbitt and former England rugby stars Mike Tindall and James Haskell have co-founded Folding Pocket, a new multimedia storytelling company.

Nina Maag has been promoted to the newly created position of head of high-end streaming content at Bavaria Fiction, responsible for the development, financing and production of high-end projects for streamers and digital platforms.

The 27th edition of Le Rendez-Vous Bi@rritz will take place as a digital event once again this year, held from September 6 to 8.

Leonine Studios and Lionsgate have tied up a three-picture all-rights deal for Germany and Austria.

Caroline Audebert has been appointed as managing director of the French production companies of the Média-Participations group.

Netflix is opening an office in Sweden to establish a Nordic hub as part of its growing commitment to the production of original local content all over Europe.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards, with 15 nods for Small Axe and 10 for The Crown.

TV France International is launching two new themed digital markets: ScreenHistory and Screen Feel Good.

SPI/FilmBox’s new ad-based digital service Filmstream has secured carriage on the Samsung TV Plus mobile app in the U.K.