Mansha Daswani

LONDON/ATHENS: Greece's Antenna Group is rolling out an SVOD service priced at €2.99 a month delivering a range of local content.

MUNICH: Telepool has reached a deal with Bavaria Film that sees it taking 100 percent ownership of both Global Screen and video and games distributor EuroVideo Medien.

PREMIUM: Kevin Lygo tells World Screen Newsflash about what the priorities have been in his first year as ITV's director of television.

BOULOGNE: TF1 Group's 2016 revenues rose by 2.9 percent to €2.1 billion ($2.2 billion), with strong gains in its Studios and Entertainment segment helping to offset a drop in ad revenues.

LONDON: Inward investment in high-end U.K. television hit a record of £477.8 million ($601.2 million) in 2016, while domestic spending dropped to £248.4 million ($312.5 million).

LONDON: Sky recorded revenues of £6.4 billion ($8.1 billion) for the six months ended December 31, 2016, reflecting a gain of 12 percent, but its operating profit took a hit following an increase in Premier League costs.

MUNICH: Tele München now holds a majority stake in Odeon Film, upping its interest from 43.3 percent to 85.23 percent.

PARIS: Vivendi says it now owns 20 percent of Mediaset's share capital, just two days after announcing it had picked up a 3-percent stake in the company.

LONDON: 21st Century Fox has reached a £11.7-billion deal with Sky to take full control of the European pay-TV giant.

MILAN/PARIS: Vivendi has acquired 3 percent of Mediaset and aims to acquire up to 20 percent of the firm in a move the Italian media company has labeled as the beginnings of a hostile takeover attempt.