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PREMIUM: Jørgen Madsen Lindemann, the president and CEO of Modern Times Group (MTG), tells World Screen Newsflash about how the group is continuing to drive innovation in both its digital and linear entertainment platforms.

LONDON: Kenny Reynolds, who at one time served as head of creative at Sky, has been tapped as VP of creative at A+E Networks UK.

TEL AVIV: Keshet International (KI) has appointed Anke Stoll as its director of acquisitions and co-productions, and Rose Hughes as the senior sales manager.

A new report from Digital TV Research finds that Liberty Global, Sky Europe, Vodafone and Altice jointly account for half the pay-TV subs in Western Europe. According to the Western Europe Pay TV Operator Forecasts report, 73 top operators collectively accounted for 93 percent of Western Europe’s pay-TV subscribers by end-2015.

ISTANBUL: Netflix has localized its Turkish service, following a similar move recently announced for Poland.

LONDON: Justin Bodle has regained control of Power Entertainment Media, which he founded in 1995.

LONDON: Remarkable, part of Endemol Shine Group, has bolstered its factual and entertainment teams with the appointment of Optomen alum Patrick Furlong, and the promotion of Richard Hague.

LOS ANGELES: ITV2 has licensed the exclusive first-window broadcast and VOD rights in the U.K. for the new CBS comedy The Great Indoors.

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) is slated to showcase a variety of titles to international buyers in Cannes from its drama, entertainment, factual and kids' catalogs.

Total spending on SVOD in Western Europe hit the €2 billion mark ($2.24 billion) in 2015 and is forecast to reach €3 billion ($3.35 billion) by year-end 2016, according to a new report from IHS Markit. As existing services reach saturation in key markets, year-on-year growth in spending on online SVOD in Western Europe will slow into the forecast period (2016-2020), the report said. Even this slower increase in value generated from SVOD will be sufficient to make the platform the largest in terms of total home video spending.