Kristin Brzoznowski

Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPTN) is launching the free-to-air Sony Crime Channel in the U.K. next month.

Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s indie Merman has brought in Rebecca Parkinson, previously at FremantleMedia UK's scripted comedy label Retort, as its head of production.

BBC Worldwide has increased its stake in the scripted indie producer Clerkenwell Films to 48 percent.

The newly merged BBC Studios has put in place the rest of its new leadership team, while BBC Worldwide’s chief content officer, Helen Jackson, is leaving the company after 31 years.

AXN, Sony Channel and Animax are being made available on the Amazon Channels service in Germany and Austria.

Javier Olivares, whose credits include successful dramas such as Isabel and The Ministry of Time, has aligned with Mediapro Group's Globomedia.

Sky Vision has increased its holdings in producer Avanti Media, now owning a majority 51-percent stake.

Mediawan has moved in to acquire Storia Television, the company created to take over EuropaCorp’s TV business excluding U.S. series, along with two other production assets in France.

ITV has brought in Julian Ashworth, BT’s global director of policy strategy, to serve as director of group strategy and direct to consumer.

Christophe Riandee, the vice CEO of Gaumont, has been appointed as this year’s jury president of the European Project and Talent Forum (formerly Co-Production Forum), the industry arm of the Series Mania Festival.