Joanna Padovano Tong

Kew Media Distribution has hired TV and film finance expert Graham Begg as VP of business development and producer relations.

At this year's MIPCOM, Autentic Distribution is slated to showcase the television special 24H Europe: We Are the Future.

Northern Ireland's Nice One Productions has entered into a partnership with The Crystal Maze producer Fizz, part of Banijay Group's RDF.

RDF West, a division of Banijay Group's RDF, is collaborating with production company Wales&Co on a number of Welsh projects.

BBC Studios has entered into a partnership with Clerkenwell Films and Anton Corp to create premium, high-volume, scripted short-form content.

STV has entered into a four-year strategic partnership with Virgin Media that sees Virgin TV customers in Scotland gaining access to fully localized versions of STV in HD for the first time.

Endemol Shine Group is reorganizing its commercial divisions, with the gaming, brand licensing and digital specialties being united.

Virgin Media Television (formerly TV3 Group) is welcoming submissions from producers or production companies for new documentary series and factual-entertainment formats for 2019-20 across its three brands.

Roy Walker, a TV personality and comedian who was the original presenter of the U.K.'s Catchphrase, is attending this year's Edinburgh TV Festival, where the hit game show will be featured.

HBO Europe has appointed a pair of execs to its original programming team as it looks to increase production activities on the continent.