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LONDON: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has promoted James Currell to the role of executive VP, managing director of VIMN UK, Northern and Eastern Europe.

LONDON: The distribution arm of Banijay Group has been renamed as Banijay Rights.

KNOXVILLE: Scripps Networks Interactive has made leadership changes at TVN in Poland, with Kenneth W. Lowe and Jim Samples both taking on new responsibilities.

LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) has named Christian Fritzsche, previously with BBC Worldwide, as VP of international sales, with a focus on Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

MUNICH: As part of a wide-ranging digital alliance, France's TF1 Group and Italy's Mediaset are investing in ProSiebenSat.1's MCN Studio71, putting up a combined €53 million ($56.5 million).

STOCKHOLM: Nice entertainment group, a part of MTG, has named Morten Mogensen as CEO with immediate effect.

MUNICH: Alain Polgar has taken over the post of general manager at On Demand Deutschland.

HILVERSUM: Television Entertainment Reality Network (TERN), creator of the premium Ultra HD channel INsight, has appointed Graeme Stanley as its commercial director.

LONDON: Tony Hall, the director-general of the BBC, has put out a call to reinvent the iPlayer, which must make a "leap from a catch-up service to a must-visit destination in its own right."

MADRID: Telefónica España has entered into a partnership with eSports giant ESL, with plans to develop a platform featuring exclusive content for Movistar+ and the digital arena, while also creating a professional club for electronic sports.