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LONDON: A new strand of youth programming, under the banner of 2Awesome, is set for ITV2 and ITV Hub following a pact between the British broadcaster and AwesomenessTV.

HELSINKI: Finnish production outfit Yellow Film & TV has tapped ex-YLE exec Olli Tola as its chief creative officer.

MADRID: Following legal action by Mediapro, a Spanish court has ordered the website rojadirecta to stop enabling access to pirated streams of sporting events.

LONDON: Talkback, part of FremantleMedia UK, is producing a new five-part series for ITV that features Keith Lemon (Celebrity Juice, Sketch Show) and Paddy McGuinness (Take Me Out).

LONDON: The Saturday night family entertainment series Michael McIntyre’s Big Show will return to BBC One next year with all-new episodes.

WARSAW: SPI International/FilmBox Channels Group and UPC DTH have extended their collaboration in CEE, rolling out FilmBox Live for UPC Direct and freeSAT customers in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.

LONDON/SILVER SPRING: Michael Lang has been promoted to president of international development, digital and Discovery Nordics, expanding on his current role leading international development and digital for Discovery Networks International.

LONDON: John O’Sullivan's recently launched 560 Media has signed an agreement to collect international revenues generated by Discovery Communications' secondary rights' deals.

Marking World Television Day today, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) and egta, the association of television and radio sales houses, are touting the continued strength of the medium across the globe.

MADRID: Mediaset España has signed a free-to-air deal with Paramount Pictures encompassing a range of film titles.