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WARSAW: SPI International’s FilmBox Live app has premiered on Apple TV in Turkey and the CEE region. The app will feature all of the linear channels from SPI International’s FilmBox portfolio, including two sports channels (FightBox HD and Fast’nFunBox HD), a documentary channel (DocuBox HD), a movie channel devoted to …

LOS ANGELES: For its 2016 edition NATPE Europe is returning to Budapest, with the event set for June 27 to 30 at the InterContinental Hotel. In 2013, the market for Central and Eastern Europe buyers announced it was moving to Prague, where the last two editions have been held. The …

HELSINKI/LONDON: FremantleMedia has appointed former Endemol Shine executive Anne Wahlström as head of entertainment of its Finnish operation, effective January 1. Wahlström joins FremantleMedia Finland following the addition of Joonas Hytönen as the new managing director of the company earlier this month. Wahlström will report to Hytönen and sit on …

LONDON: Rights-management and collections specialist Compact Media has set up a £750,000 fund ($1.1 million) to invest in content, with Pilot Productions the first to receive financing from the company. Compact Media says it will initially focus on up to 20 production investments in original content over the next year. …

NEW YORK: Fashion One Television, whose channel brands are available to some 400 million homes on five continents, is acquiring the U.K.-based Fashion Television International. Fashion Television International manages the Fashion Television brand outside of its native Canada. It is being acquired by Fashion One from Madrid-based Desdemona Capital for …

LONDON: The BBC is looking to cut £150 million ($228 million) in costs, with plans to reduce its TV sports rights budget by £35 million ($53 million). The BBC said the cuts are meant to address a "shortfall in funding" identified earlier this year. The plan is for £50 million …

LONDON: The newly unveiled Sky Q home entertainment system is promising a "fluid viewing" experience, allowing users to watch live channels, recordings and on-demand content in any room on a TV or tablet. The system is set for a launch in early 2016. Among the features Sky is touting is …

LONDON: Multiscreen activation specialist Monterosa has named former TF1 and Endemol exec David Jullien as its first head of international broadcast. In the newly created role, Jullien will be tasked with strengthening and creating new partner relationships with broadcasters, producers and brands to develop real-time digital TV experiences across global …

LONDON: Kudos has hired Phil Temple, who joins the company from Carnival Films, as executive producer. At Downton Abbey producer Carnival, Temple had served as development producer since 2014, after having been the head of development for two years. He takes up the new post at Kudos, which is part …

WARSAW: The thematic channel Polsat Viasat History has become available through UPC Polska as of today. Polsat Viasat History is being included in the Max package and, as part of a promotion, it is also being placed in the Select package until January 11, 2016. The channel is also offered through …