Revenues at RTL Group for 2018 rose by 2.1 percent to reach €6.5 billion, bolstered by its digital business, Fremantle and RTL Nederland.

Disney, NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. and Sky have reached an agreement with the European Commission to address antitrust concerns over pay-TV film-licensing deals.

While 2018 revenues fell slightly to 4 billion euros ($4.5 billion) at ProSiebenSat.1 Media, the group is still forecasting a mid-single-digit percentage increase for 2019, driven by its content production, global sales and commerce businesses.

Total revenues at ITV were up 3 percent in 2018 to £3.2 billion ($4.3 billion), helped in part by gains at ITV Studios.

Wolfgang Link and Michaela Tod have been tapped as co-CEOs of the entertainment business at ProSiebenSat.1 as part of a management restructure under CEO Max Conze.

Darren Childs is stepping down as the CEO of UKTV after eight years at the helm of the multichannel broadcaster.

Spending on high-end television production in the U.K. hit £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) in 2018, a 4-percent increase on the previous year and the highest since tax incentives were introduced in 2013, according to the BFI.

SVOD operator Eleven Sports has relinquished the rights to Italian Serie A, Dutch Eredivisie and Chinese Super League football in the U.K. and Ireland so that it can focus on LaLiga coverage.

ZDF Enterprises has taken over Constantin Film's shares in Nadcon Film, which was founded with Peter Nadermann in 2012 to co-produce film and television projects.

Advertising revenues in the U.K. are expected to rise by 4.6 percent in 2019, according to the latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report, despite uncertainty over Brexit.