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Kew Media Distribution has secured sales for more than 70 hours of new content, including The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco, into the Scandinavian region.

Sean Doyle has been appointed as Channel 4's new deputy head of features and formats, joining the broadcaster from Channel 5.

According to Digital TV Research, Western European OTT TV episode and movie revenues will reach $23.02 billion in 2023, more than double the $9.84 billion recorded in 2017.

David Mortimer (Dragons’ Den) has been named managing director of STV Productions.

International sales of TV programming from France set an all-time record in 2017 of €205 million ($238 million).

The Turkish drama Ezel is being remade in Romania, following a deal between Eccho Rights and ProTV.

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) will provide exclusive pan-Nordic coverage of former UFC champion Conor McGregor’s fight against UFC Lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, among other boxing title fights.

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.

The British TV production sector reached a new high of £2.7 billion ($3.5 billion), a rise of nearly a third over the past decade, according to Pact’s annual census.

Sky is planning to increase the reach and scale of its startup investment and commercial partnership activity with the opening of a new office in Berlin as well as a $4 million commitment to the Israeli venture capital fund Remagine Ventures.