Kristin Brzoznowski

BBC Worldwide has restructured the senior management team at its French production base, as Gery Leymergie and Pierre-Marie Gadonneix take up new positions within the company.

The number of digital pay-TV subscribers in Eastern Europe is forecast to increase from 25.49 million in 2010 to 61.57 million in 2017 and onto 78.08 million by 2023, according to Digital TV Research.

Keshet International (KI) has agreed to acquire a majority stake in London-based Greenbird Media, the production company incubator, investor and business accelerator founded by joint Managing Directors Jamie Munro and Stuart Mullin.

Lagardère Studios has secured a majority stake in Skyhigh TV, an independent production company in the Netherlands known for TV shows such as The Bully Project, Model in 1 Day and Teen Mom Celebrity Support.

Channel 4 is planning to increase its Nations & Regions content spend, from 35 percent to 50 percent of the main channel U.K. commissions by 2023, and will be establishing a new National HQ outside of London.

BBC Three is expanding its commissioning remit, with an additional £10 million ($14 million) investment to use for programming at the online-only channel.

Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland and FremantleMedia were strong contributors to the growth in RTL Group’s profit in 2017.

TV advertising revenue in the U.K. totaled £5.11 billion ($7.07 billion) in 2017, down 3.2 percent on the record high set in 2016, according to figures provided to Thinkbox by the British commercial broadcasters.

After hitting a stalemate in negotiations, France’s Canal+ Group has halted the broadcast of TF1 Group's channels.

IQTV is a brand-new SVOD service dedicated to high-brow quiz shows, set up by Rod Henwood, former Harry Potter digital chief, and ex-Zodiak Media boss Marc-Antoine d’Halluin.