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COPENHAGEN: Nice Entertainment Group's Strong Productions in Denmark has named Trine Bjørn Jakobsen interim CEO following the resignation of Fredrik "Fellini" Hillerbrand.

SINGAPORE: Using new technological advances, the series Planet Earth II, which BBC Worldwide is presenting to Asian buyers, offers viewers a closer look at the natural world.

LONDON: The Story Lab has signed an agreement with Freeman Distribution to release a trio of films in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

HILVERSUM: Anna Bråkenhielm, who previously founded Talpa Scandinavia, has joined the Dutch operations-based media consultancy firm 3Rivers.

GENEVA: The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is backing the European Commission’s (EC) proposed changes that would allow audiovisual services to be made available across borders within the "Digital Single Market."

AMSTERDAM: All3Media has appointed Taco Rijssemus as the new CEO of its Dutch production company IDTV.

BOULOGNE: TF1 has picked up a majority stake in MinuteBuzz, a French social-media platform with 9 million subscribers and 2 billion videos viewed this year.

LONDON: Virgin Media has unveiled its new connected entertainment offerings, including a 4K-ready V6 box and an own-branded TellyTablet personal smart TV.

Digital TV Research estimates that Eastern Europe will have 18.19 million paying SVOD subscribers by 2021, up from the 3.33 million reported at end-2015.

SINGAPORE: When the mayor’s daughter is found dead, the police have their hands full trying to figure out who is responsible in the thriller Plastic Sea (Mar de plástico), which ATRESMEDIA Televisión is presenting to buyers at ATF.