Sara Alessi

MUNICH: As part of its internal restructuring, TM International is altering the allocation of sales and program acquisitions responsibilities, with Giannina Antola leading worldwide sales.

MUNICH: ProSiebenSat.1 has strengthened its digital-entertainment team, appointing former Maker Studios executive Christian Dankl to the newly created post of CEO of advertising-supported video on demand.

LONDON: Endemol Shine UK’s Remarkable Television has bolstered its creative team with the promotion of Dom Waugh and the appointment of Possessed’s Paul Brassey.

LONDON: Salim Mukaddam has been elevated to the role of general manager and VP for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) at BBC Worldwide.

LONDON: Tilusha Ghelani, previously assistant comedy commissioner at the BBC, is joining Sky Comedy as its new commissioning editor.

LONDON: Lifetime and Women in Film & TV UK (WFTV UK) are launching a short film competition that recognizes the work of women behind the camera, as part of A+E Networks’s Broad Focus initiative.

LONDON: UKTV is producing the short-form TV review series Telly Addict, written and presented by broadcaster and author Andrew Collins, for its YouTube channel.

LONDON: Sky 1 has ordered Roughcut TV’s brand-new comedy series Carters Get Rich, featuring James Van Der Beek (Dawson’s Creek).

MUNICH: Global Screen has sold a raft of drama and family titles across Central and Eastern Europe ahead of NATPE Budapest.

LOS ANGELES: Cristina Sala has been appointed to the newly created post of VP of sales for Italy, Italian-speaking Switzerland and Greece at Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution for pay TV, subscription video on demand, basic and free TV.