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UKTV has inked a two-part deal with mixed martial arts promoter BAMMA for two live contests that will air on its entertainment channel Dave.

Italian telco TIM has reached an agreement with Discovery Communications to bring coverage of the Winter Olympic Games to its mobile, broadband and ultra-broadband customers.

GroupM has revised its 2017 U.K. advertising forecast from a previously projected 7-percent growth down to 4.1 percent. U.K. advertising is expected to see its eighth consecutive year of growth, with the 4.1-percent increase in spending taking the industry to a predicted investment of £18.6 billion ($23.6 billion).

AwesomenessTV has signed two separate deals, with 2btube in Spain and Nordisk Film in the Nordics, to further its reach in new markets.

Teleclub and Discovery Networks Deutschland have expanded their long-term collaboration by adding exclusive broadcasting rights for Bundesliga in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

A survey by egta, which represents independent and in-house ad-sales operations across Europe, has found that more than half of its members expect the TV and radio advertising segments to grow over the next three years.

Building upon its Scandinavian presence, ITV Studios has acquired Sweden's Elk Production, known for entertainment shows like En Ska Bort (Odd One Out) and Wahlgrens.

Jan Rudovský, the head of acquisitions at the Czech broadcaster FTV Prima, told World Screen Newsflash that factual programming and independent movies are two areas of interest as he meets with distributors at NATPE Budapest.

Magine and Dinamedia have aligned to launch a new subscription-based VOD service, FlixOlé, for Spanish movies.

At a business session this afternoon at NATPE Budapest, executives from STUDIOCANAL, AXN, Antenna Group and 3Vision shared insights on the evolving strategies for exploiting existing and new windows across Central and Eastern Europe.