Kristin Brzoznowski

Pantaflix has inked a deal with The Walt Disney Company Germany to bring movies such as Star Wars: The Last Jedi to its VOD service.

John de Mol has brought together his range of media assets, spanning TV, radio, events, digital media and e-commerce, under one unified company, Talpa Network.

Vincent Dijkema, who co-developed such format hits as The Voice, has been tapped as the new CEO of the production outfit Strix Benelux, part of the nice entertainment group.

MTG Nordic Entertainment has put in place a new organizational structure, with a clear digital strategy and focus on the Nordic region, while Ira Gladnikoff, the head of Viaplay, exits the company.

Channel 4 has aligned itself with the new digital ad sales partnership established by ProSiebenSat.1 (Germany), TF1 (France) and Mediaset (Italy and Spain), with each broadcaster taking an equal 25-percent stake in the business.

HBO has launched its direct-to-consumer online platform in Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

ZDF Enterprises has signed a distribution agreement with Cirque du Soleil Images to begin exclusively distributing its catalog of productions in the German-speaking world for free TV, pay TV and VOD.

ITV has threatened to drop its flagship channel from the Virgin Media platform unless the cable operator agrees to pay up to £80 million ($106 million) a year for the service.

The BBC is planning to deliver more than 1,000 additional hours of live sports content for audiences each year through BBC Sport and BBC iPlayer.

AMC Networks has launched its premium video-streaming service Shudder in Germany and Austria.