Kristin Brzoznowski

Lagardère Studios is taking a majority stake in Aito Media Group, a Finnish producer specialized in factual and unscripted entertainment.

SPI International/FILMBOX and Telekom Austria Group are extending and expanding their strategic agreement until 2022.

Actress Alexandra Rapaport and producer Birgitta Wännström have started their own production company, Bigster, in partnership with Calle Jansson, former channel director at Discovery Networks Sweden.

ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery Communications have launched their joint premium entertainment streaming service, which initially brings together nine of the most popular terrestrial TV channels in Germany.

ITV Studios has acquired a majority stake in the Italian independent producer Cattleya, which is behind hit series such as Gomorrah and Romanzo Criminale.

Bavaria Fernsehproduktion has renamed itself Bavaria Fiction, highlighting its position as a producer of fictional content.

Alexander Coridass will be resigning from his position as president and CEO at ZDF Enterprises, effective at the end of this year.

RTL Group has closed the transaction to acquire the remaining 36.4 percent shareholding of SpotX and take full ownership.

Banjo Television, a new independent production company founded by former BBC Studios executive Mike Smith and presenter David Olusoga, is set to launch in October with support from Channel 5’s in-house production division, Elephant House Studios.

The Story Lab has set up an office in Ukraine, which will be led by Managing Director Iliya Rzhondkivsky and Content and Development Director Pavel Cherepin.