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LONDON: Peter Fincham and Tim Hincks have launched Expectation, a new British indie producer covering both scripted and non-scripted programming.

BOULOGNE: TF1 Group's 2016 revenues rose by 2.9 percent to €2.1 billion ($2.2 billion), with strong gains in its Studios and Entertainment segment helping to offset a drop in ad revenues.

LONDON: Jason Simms will become Sky Vision's new director of drama and comedy, joining the company from Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa.

LONDON: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks has acquired the truTV channel in the U.K. from Turner.

COLOGNE: Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland is closing down its pay-TV channel RTL International, with May 31 set as the final transmission day for the linear offering.

VIENNA: Telekom Austria Group has established A1 digital international, a new subsidiary that will focus on digital business areas.

LONDON/BURBANK: Warner Bros. is combining the U.K. production companies Wall to Wall, Twenty Twenty, Ricochet, Yalli and Renegade together with the London-based Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP).

LONDON: HBO Europe has restructured its original production teams, elevating three executive producers to VP roles.

LOS ANGELES: Jonathan South has been named senior VP and head of Europe at Electus International.

LONDON/BURBANK: Claire Hungate and Nick Emmerson, the managing directors of Warner Bros. Television Production UK (WBTVPUK), are both stepping down from their roles.