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LONDON: The latest international revenue figures show current sales for British TV programming at more than £1.3 billion ($1.6 billion), up 10 percent year on year.

STOCKHOLM: Viaplay has joined Fox Networks Group as launch partner for the Fox+ streaming service in the Nordics.

LONDON: The Irish comedy-drama series Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope is headed to BBC Three for broadcast later this year.

BERLIN: Ken Duken stars in the Berlin-set crime series Tempel, on offer from ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE).

SINGAPORE: Eurosport has bolstered its commitment to cycling by securing exclusive and extended coverage for the Giro d’Italia and additional races, bringing fans more than 200 days of live coverage of the sport this year.

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) saw record sales in its fourth quarter, with profits up as well.

LONDON: FremantleMedia is bringing its entertainment and factual labels Thames, Boundless and Talkback under one genre umbrella, allowing them to more easily combine their expertise and work together.

AMSTERDAM: Zoomin.TV, part of MTG, has made an investment of more than €2 million ($2 million) to support its Generation Z strategy in Germany, appointing former Clipkit CEO Cengiz Kurt to lead Zoomin.TV Deutschland as part of this initiative.

LONDON: House Productions, the BBC Worldwide-backed indie set up by Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell, has appointed Harry Dixon as commercial director.

New research from YouGov suggests that the BBC iPlayer is "treading water," while its competitors Amazon and Netflix are "starting to make waves" in the streaming landscape.