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LONDON: Channel 5 has struck a deal with BT Sport to broadcast five live Twenty20 matches from Australia's Big Bash League (BBL), as well as highlights of the final.

PARIS: Grant Ross is planning to leave his role as executive VP of global creativity, development and format acquisitions at Banijay in April.

LONDON: TRACE Group has launched its signature music channel in Serbia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina via the Total TV package from United Group.

LONDON: Channel 4's on-demand platform All 4 has picked up the first season of New Form's short-form scripted series Mr Student Body President from Keshet International (KI).

LONDON: Telegraph Media Group has launched Telegraph Now Showing, a new platform featuring video content from Endemol Shine Group.

PARIS: Vivendi says it now owns 20 percent of Mediaset's share capital, just two days after announcing it had picked up a 3-percent stake in the company.

LONDON: 21st Century Fox has reached a £11.7-billion deal with Sky to take full control of the European pay-TV giant.

LONDON: Discovery Communications has appointed Bernard Ross, who joins from The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), to the newly created role of Eurosport’s chief operating officer and general manager of the Olympic Games.

MADRID: Olympic Channel and FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) have entered into an agreement covering news access and content licenses.

MADRID: Telefónica’s Movistar+ has added to its lineup of originals with the docu-style reality series The Bridge (El Puente), produced in partnership with Zeppelin TV.