France has been selected as the Country of Honour at this year's MIPTV, which runs from April 8 to 11 in Cannes.

U.K. multichannel broadcaster investment in local content has topped the £1 billion mark for the first time, according to the Commercial Broadcasters Association (COBA).

Discovery is bringing DMAX to the U.K. as a free-to-air brand for young male audiences, beginning January 16.

RTL Group has sealed a deal to acquire U.K.-based Yospace, which provides solutions for ad insertion on streaming services.

TRACE has acquired four U.K.-based music channels, available on Sky, from Sony Pictures Television (SPT).

ProSiebenSat.1's 7Sports business unit is entering into a joint venture with eSports.com, which covers the industry with news and video from tournaments worldwide.

Catherine Charmet, a 20-year veteran of TV France International (TVFI), passed away in Paris yesterday at the age of 53.

After almost three decades with the RTL Group, Anke Schäferkordt is exiting the European media giant at the end of this year.

Barclays Corporate Banking has increased the size of its SVOD fund for British TV producers to £200 million ($256 million).

Double-digit gains at ITV Studios helped to drive a 6-percent boost in revenues to £2.26 billion ($2.97 billion) at ITV plc for the first nine months of the year.