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PARIS: TF1 has reported revenue of 604.3 million euros ($672.3 million) for the fourth quarter of 2015, down 3.9 percent on the comparable period, dragged down by lower ad revenue.

STOCKHOLM: The cloud-based TV aggregation app and platform Magine TV is providing premium pay-TV channels in Germany for the first time without any requirement to purchase any other content or service.

CARDIFF: Welsh-language broadcaster S4C will receive £74.5 million ($106.4 million) in funding from the BBC in 2017-18.

STOCKHOLM: Nordic film studio AB Svensk Filmindustri (SF) and Swedish production company FLX, which is behind the local hit The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared, have inked an exclusive output agreement for the region.

LONDON: Sarah Wright, currently Sky’s controller of acquisitions, has been promoted to become director of acquisitions.

DENVER/LONDON: Liberty Global and Vodafone are combining their operations in the Netherlands to create a JV that spans video, broadband, mobile and B2B services.

LONDON: New data to mark the 40th anniversary of BBC Worldwide’s Showcase event reveals that the classic sitcom Keeping Up Appearances is the company's most frequently bought show over the last four decades, while Christopher Eccleston’s Doctor Who was the most often bought drama series.

LONDON: ITV has appointed Sir Peter Bazalgette as non-executive chairman, effective from May 12, succeeding Archie Norman, who will step down at the 2016 Annual General Meeting after more than six years in the role.

LONDON: The comedy series The Trip, starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, is returning to Sky Atlantic for a third season.

PARIS/LONDON: STUDIOCANAL has made several key appointments in the London office of the studio’s television business unit.