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Banjo Television, a new independent production company founded by former BBC Studios executive Mike Smith and presenter David Olusoga, is set to launch in October with support from Channel 5’s in-house production division, Elephant House Studios.

The Story Lab has set up an office in Ukraine, which will be led by Managing Director Iliya Rzhondkivsky and Content and Development Director Pavel Cherepin.

Channel 4 is bringing Young Sheldon, a prequel to The Big Bang Theory that follows the life of a 9-year-old Sheldon Cooper, to E4 next year.

BBC Worldwide (BBC WW) is bringing a range of talent to MIPCOM to launch its key scripted titles, including James Norton (War and Peace) and Juliet Rylance (Days and Nights), who will join writer Hossein Amini to introduce McMafia.

At the RTS Cambridge Convention 2017, Endemol Shine Group's Sophie Turner Laing sat down with FremantleMedia's Cecile Frot-Coutaz, Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Michelle Guthrie, Viacom's David Lynn and IPCN's Rebecca Yang.

Passion Distribution is gearing up to present 300 hours of new content in the factual-entertainment, entertainment, documentary and formats categories to international buyers at MIPCOM next month.

Comedy Central has appointed Lucy Robinson to lead its London-based programming team in a role created as part of its efforts to increase the number of commissions for original U.K. productions.

Tele München Group (TMG) has acquired a stake in Load Studios, and the two are planning to jointly create new revenue streams in the digital content segment.

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has appointed André Sampaio, the marketing and media director at the Portuguese multinational group Sonae, as ambassador to Portugal.

MTG has picked up the exclusive Norwegian and Swedish media rights for the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and ATP World Tour Finals until 2019.