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Jo Street, a seasoned developer, producer and commissioner, has been appointed as the BBC's commissioning editor for entertainment and daytime, a newly created position that is effective August 1.

U.K. advertising expenditure grew 1.3 percent year-on-year in the first quarter to reach £5.31 billion ($6.9 billion), according to the Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report, marking the 15th consecutive quarter of growth but the slowest rate in four years.

Olympic Channel and Discovery Communications have struck up a new partnership that covers 50 markets in Europe.

Operating profit was down 6 percent at Sky to £1.47 billion ($1.9 billion) for the year ended June 30, impacted by Premier League costs.

Total external revenue at ITV was down 3 percent to £1.46 billion ($1.9 billion) in the first half of the year, as advertising dipped.

Antenna Group is restructuring its senior management team in Greece with the promotions of Stratis Liarellis and Tassos Michalakis.

Amedia TV has become the home of HBO in Russia through the signing of an expanded multiyear deal.

The classic family game show The Generation Game, which first began airing on BBC One in 1971, is coming back to the channel with four episodes hosted by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.

Consolidated revenue for the first half of 2017 reached €1.04 billion ($1.2 billion) at TF1, up 1.1 percent, as costs were down considerably thanks to the year-on-year comparison with the spend for the Euro 2016 football championship.

BBC One has lined up a new six-part music series featuring top U.K. and international stars for live broadcast this fall.