Mansha Daswani

Delivering a MIPFormats keynote this weekend, Channel 4 CEO Alex Mahon emphasized the need for innovation and risk-taking in the non-scripted entertainment sector.

The soon-to-be-integrated BBC Studios and BBC Worldwide venture has announced four senior appointments to its Executive Committee ahead of its formal launch in April 2018.

Juan Ramón Gonzalo Carballal has been promoted to director general of Banijay Group's Cuarzo Productions in Spain.

Sky has announced eight new commissions, bringing its slate of original series for 2018 to more than 50.

Thomas Ebeling, CEO of ProSiebenSat.1 Media, will step down from his role at the European media company in February 2018.

ATP has clinched a new deal with Amazon Prime Video that brings live and on-demand coverage of the ATP World Tour to the platform in the U.K. and Ireland.

Third-quarter revenues at ProSiebenSat.1 Group increased by 3 percent to €883 million ($1 billion), delivering an adjusted net income of €99 million ($115 million).

RTL Group posted Q3 revenues of €1.4 billion ($1.6 billion), lifted by increases at its French and German operations. 

Tony Hall, director-general of the BBC, issued a warning about the future of home-grown British content in a speech yesterday, noting that there could be a £500 million funding shortfall by 2026.

In Q3, revenues at MTG rose to SEK 4.3 billion ($525 million), delivering a total net profit of SEK 177 million ($21.7 million).