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HILVERSUM: Remco Lentjes has become the new chief creative officer of Zodiak Nederland.

LONDON: Steve Macallister has exited his post as CEO of all3media International.

PARIS: The CANAL+ Group has acquired a 50-percent holding in Jamel Debbouze's Kissman Production Group.

MILAN: Banijay Group has taken a minority stake in the Italian production company DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself), which was set up by Fabrizio Ievolella, Danila Battaglini, Francesco Lauber and Leopoldo Gasparotto.

LONDON: Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution (TCFTVD) has appointed David Smyth as its new senior VP and managing director for Europe, succeeding Steve Cornish, who is retiring after three decades with the company.

AMSTERDAM/LONDON: A new pact between Sky and CBS Studios International will bring The Late Late Show with James Corden to audiences in the U.K. and Ireland.

STOCKHOLM: A newly signed multiyear agreement will see the broader distribution of MTG’s channels on Telenor’s platforms across the Nordic region.

LONDON: UKTV is producing the short-form TV review series Telly Addict, written and presented by broadcaster and author Andrew Collins, for its YouTube channel.

OTT TV and video revenues in Eastern Europe are expected to reach $1.98 billion in 2021, a nice lift from the $26 million recorded in 2010, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. The total was $454 million in 2015, as stated in the Eastern Europe OTT TV & Video Forecasts report. Russia accounted for half the region’s OTT revenues in 2015 and will remain at around this level for the next five years.

LONDON: Sky 1 has ordered Roughcut TV’s brand-new comedy series Carters Get Rich, featuring James Van Der Beek (Dawson’s Creek).