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LONDON: all3media International has made two new appointments to its London-based sales team, adding executives for the EMEA region.

LONDON: While the BBC's annual report was generally upbeat, it did include a warning that viewers had identified a “performance gap” between the type of innovative programs that audiences are expecting and what is actually being delivered.

LONDON: A new Ofcom study finds that the U.K.'s public service broadcasters (PSBs) spent £2.5 billion ($3.2 billion) on new homegrown programs in 2015, a 2-percent increase since 2013.

LOS ANGELES: France's MCM is bringing The Late Late Show with James Corden to audiences in the country, thanks to a deal with CBS Studios International.

PARIS: Molotov, an OTT service created by the French media veterans Jean-David Blanc, Pierre Lescure and Jean-Marc Denoual, has officially launched in France.

KIEV: The VOD and OTT service Megogo has launched a new business line that will focus on the live broadcast of large-scale popular sporting and cultural events.

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises is bolstering its activities in the digital arena with the launch of Streamwerke, focused on online-first output.

LONDON: Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) has sub-licensed from Discovery Communications the exclusive free-to-air audiovisual rights for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games and 2020 Olympic Games.

LONDON: BBC Director-General Tony Hall has unveiled a restructured senior management team, which sees Anne Bulford become deputy director-general.

STOCKHOLM: MTG's Viasat will be the first broadcaster in the Nordics to make live sports content available in 360-degree virtual reality (VR), and the first European broadcaster to present the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Ultra HD 4K.