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U.K. advertising expenditure grew 3.7 percent to reach £21.4 billion ($27.5 billion) in 2016, according to the Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report, with TV ad spend lifted by growth in VOD revenue.

FremantleMedia has invested in the U.K. indie Duck Soup Films, purchasing a 25-percent interest.

SPI International/FilmBox is rolling out several of its channels on a Scandinavian IPTV platform operated by Kalejdo Bredband.

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) is entering Poland for the first time with the appointment of a new country manager and the launch of the Bollywood film and entertainment network Zee.One in the country.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has extended the deadline for submission of Ofcom's public interest report into the proposed takeover of Sky by 21st Century Fox until June 20.

Working Title Television UK has appointed Mark Freeland as head of television comedy.

Announcing record revenues and profits for 2016, UKTV has launched a new multimillion-pound fund to invest in "high-growth-potential businesses."

Ozge Bulut Marasli has been appointed as the deputy CEO of Dogan TV.

Sky's revenues for the nine months ended March 31, 2017, were up by 11 percent to £9.6 billion ($12.3 billion), with the company adding 106,000 customers in Q3.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is honoring renowned prop master Bobby Warans with the BAFTA Special Award at the 2017 British Academy Television Craft Awards.