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LONDON: Christine Langan, the head of BBC Films, is exiting the BBC to join Baby Cow Productions as its CEO.

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has appointed Adam Bishop to the newly created role of VP of sales for German- and French-speaking territories.

LONDON: At its annual showcase event UKTV Live, multichannel broadcaster UKTV has unveiled four original series for Dave, W and Gold for the 2016-17 season.

LONDON: Discovery Communications has named former BBC executive Ralph Rivera as Eurosport Digital's managing director, a newly created position that is effective September 26.

BIARRITZ: International sales for French TV programs increased by 6.8 percent in 2015 to reach €164.2 million ($185 million), setting a new record.

LONDON: Entertainment channel Dave has commissioned Joy of Techs, a brand-new UKTV original series featuring comedian and actor Marcus Brigstocke and actor and broadcaster Alexis Conran.

LONDON: Tim Robinson, who previously served as chief operating officer (COO) of Shine Group, has been tapped to join the Avalon Group as COO.

MUNICH: Continuing to expand its presence in the digital space, ProSiebenSat.1 Group has acquired a majority stake in the Parship Elite Group, an online dating service.

HELSINKI: The Finnish government has proposed a new production-incentive model that would offer a 25 percent cash rebate for film and TV starting as early as 2017.

LONDON: Sky has invested €4 million ($4.5 million) in Molotov, an OTT video platform in France.