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LONDON: Zodiak Rights, which is now part of the Banijay Group, has secured a first-look finance and distribution deal with Arise Pictures, which has a slate that spans across drama, action and family entertainment.

LONDON: Emmanuelle Namiech, formerly the managing director of Banijay International, has been appointed CEO of Passion Distribution.

COLOGNE/AMSTERDAM/LONDON: Endemol Shine Group has appointed Michael Kollatschny to head Endemol Beyond Germany following the resignation of Georg Ramme.

LONDON: Sony Pictures Television will launch a new U.K. channel brand, True Crime, on March 22 on Freeview.

Gary Davey, Sky’s managing director of content, talks about original production, on-demand offerings, cord-cutting and more.

COLOGNE: RC Release Company, a subsidiary of WDR mediagroup, has unveiled the expanded programming catalogue that it will be presenting at this year's MIPTV.

LONDON: Turner has brought its film channel TCM to BT TV in the U.K.

LONDON: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced that Greg Dyke has been appointed as its VP for television.

LONDON: FremantleMedia International (FMI) has appointed Al De Azpiazu as VP of sales and distribution for Western Europe, joining the company from Warner Bros. International Television Production.

TEL AVIV/BARCELONA: Spain’s Planeta Junior has taken 60 additional episodes of Dori Media Group’s romantic comedy series Esperanza Mía (My Lovely Hope) for the Spanish channel Nova.