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The BBC is set to broadcast live free-to-air Premier League games for the first time since the league’s inception in 1992 upon its return next month.

Toby Ward has joined Avalon as head of U.K. production for comedy, entertainment and scripted.

The COVID-19 shutdown has accelerated a paradigm shift in the British media sector and could leave a lasting impact on the industry, according to a webinar panel convened by the Royal Television Society (RTS) last week that featured Enders Analysis’ Claire Enders, Thinkbox’s Lindsey Clay, MP Damian Green and Oliver & Ohlbaum’s Sean McGuire.

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has named Alexander Bastin as senior VP and CEO of NENT Studios, from September 1.

The Red Arrow Studios company Studio71 UK has tapped Joe Varley to fill the newly created director of development position.

BBC One has lined up the lockdown comedy Staged, a 6x15-minute series starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen.

The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain has decided to cancel its annual Writers’ Guild Awards amid the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown.

Restoring BBC Three as a linear channel and bringing BBC Four to the international market as an SVOD service are among the plans being considered by the British public broadcaster as it sets out its vision for the two years ahead.

Baby Cow Productions has tapped Rupert Majendie as head of comedy development.

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) is planning to launch its Viaplay streaming service in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the first quarter of 2021.