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The German video market reached annual spend of around €9 billion ($10.4 billion) in 2018, up 6 percent year on year, according to the latest Video Insights country report from Futuresource Consulting.

Rumpus Media has hired Avril Spary as its new head of comedy entertainment and has promoted Chantal Barnes to the role of head of development.

Discovery is bringing DMAX to the U.K. as a free-to-air brand for young male audiences, beginning January 16.

RTL Group has sealed a deal to acquire U.K.-based Yospace, which provides solutions for ad insertion on streaming services.

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has aligned with FilmNation Entertainment for a new U.K.-based joint venture to develop scripted TV content. 

Channel 4 has taken over full ownership of The Box Plus Network, buying the remaining 50 percent stake in the network that it did not already own from Bauer Media Group.

A newly signed partnership will give Sky customers in Scotland access to STV's regional offerings, as well as the STV Player, on their set-top boxes.

MTG has secured a SEK 1 billion ($112 million) credit facility from Nordea, which will provide additional funding for MTG after the spin-off of Nordic Entertainment Group.

According to a year-end review, UKTV originals topped 2018 ratings on six channels in the bouquet—Dave, W, Gold, Drama, Yesterday and Really—and on UKTV Play.

New figures from the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) show that the home entertainment market in the U.K. grew by 10 percent in 2018, bringing the total value of the category to £2.34 billion ($2.97 billion).