Mansha Daswani

LONDON: First-quarter revenues at Sky rose 7 percent to £3.1 billion ($3.8 billion), with gains reported across all of its markets.

PARIS: Vivendi and Canal Group have aligned with eSports giant ESL in a pact that encompasses the launch of official leagues in France and television coverage.

NEW YORK/BUDAPEST: AMC has reached a deal with Telekom Austria Group to substantially expand its reach in Croatia and Bulgaria.

STOCKHOLM: MTG Studios has given the go-ahead to a second season of Swedish Dicks, which will roll out to Viaplay subscribers in late 2017.

PARIS: Vincent Bolloré, the chairman of Vivendi, has upped his shareholding in the French conglomerate.

PREMIUM: Jørgen Madsen Lindemann, the president and CEO of Modern Times Group (MTG), tells World Screen Newsflash about how the group is continuing to drive innovation in both its digital and linear entertainment platforms.

STOCKHOLM: MTG's streaming service Viaplay is expanding its reach with rollouts in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

LONDON: Full-year revenues rose by 7 percent to £12 billion ($15.7 billion) at Sky, delivering an operating profit of £1.6 billion ($2 billion), a 12-percent gain.

Findings from GfK's international ViewScape study indicate that Britons between the ages of 18 and 24 view most of their content on laptops rather than on the TV set. For the British adult online population overall, TV is still the preferred viewing device.

LONDON: Boosted in part by its content production and distribution business, ITV reported a 9-percent gain in profit before tax to £425 million ($558 million) for the first six months of the year.