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Distribution vet Nicky Wood has joined the Lionsgate U.K. team as senior VP and head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa television sales.

BBC One has greenlit the brand-new six-part comedy series The Goes Wrong Show from Mischief Theatre, the U.K.-based comedy ensemble behind The Play That Goes Wrong.

MTG is selling its shareholding in Bulgaria's Nova Broadcasting Group to Advance Media Group in a deal that values the business at €185 million ($210 million).

The U.S.-based private equity company KKR & Co. has acquired Germany's Tele München Group (TMG), which has a presence in film and TV production as well as distribution arms in the theatrical, home entertainment, TV and VOD segments.

Paul Feig, Bridesmaids director and creator of Freaks and Geeks, is slated to deliver the Worldview Address at the Edinburgh TV Festival.

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has partnered with Facebook in the U.K. for a live and interactive MTV quiz game show called MTV STAX.

The adult animation BoJack Horseman is getting a free-to-air debut on Discovery’s male-skewed entertainment channel DMAX thanks to a deal with Lionsgate.

Wolfgang Link and Michaela Tod have been tapped as co-CEOs of the entertainment business at ProSiebenSat.1 as part of a management restructure under CEO Max Conze.

SPI/FilmBox has extended its distribution agreement with UPC in Hungary for three more years.

SKAI TV has inked a deal to broadcast WWE’s flagship programs Raw and SmackDown in Greece.