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LONDON: BT has become the first TV service in the U.K. to support 4K Netflix streaming, offering Ultra HD content through a set-top box. The UHD content can be accessed through an updated version of the Netflix app on Ultra HD YouView+ set-top box. Users also need to have Netflix's …

LONDON: The former head of entertainment at Yellow Film & Television, Pete Paavolainen, has been appointed CEO of ITV Studios Finland. Paavolainen will head up the business’s ongoing expansion in entertainment and factual-entertainment production, with a focus on exploiting ITV Studios' existing formats in the territory, as well as original …

MADRID: The Mediapro/Imagina group has named Laura Miñarro head of distributor Imagina International Sales. The appointment is meant to strengthen the group’s commitment to the production and distribution of media content, boosting the activities carried out by Imagina International Sales’ worldwide offices. Miñarro has held different roles within the company …

LONDON/HILVERSUM: Willem Zijlstra is set to step down from his role as CEO of FremantleMedia’s Dutch scripted business, FourOne.Media, by year’s end, with Georgette Schlick taking over responsibility for the unit. Zijlstra will focus on his own creative projects, though he continue to work with the FourOne.Media team as a …

BUDAPEST: AMC has secured carriage deals with three operators in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), effective January 1. AMC has been added to the lineup of several telecom operators in the region. In Hungary, the channel will launch on telecom operator Telenor and service provider Invitel. The channel, which is …

LONDON: British horse racing is slated to broadcast on free-to-air television in the U.K. exclusively on ITV for four years beginning in 2017. ITV has picked up the rights to air nearly 100 days of racing each year. The agreement comprises all of the marquee events on the main ITV …

WARSAW: Bulgarian TV operator Bulsatcom has rolled out a selection of movie and thematic channels from SPI International/Filmbox’s pay-TV portfolio via its DTH platform and IPTV service. SPI’s flagship movie channel FilmBox Extra is now part of the offering on Bulsatcom’s DTH platform. In addition, 11 SPI/FilmBox channels have launched …

LONDON: In the U.K., digital revenues from services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Sky Store exceeded £1 billion ($1.5 billion) for the first time, making it “almost certain” that video will become a majority digital business in 2016, according to the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). The U.K.’s combined games, …

LONDON: UKTV has secured the exclusive U.K. rights for Live Boxing: David Haye v Mark De Mori, the highly anticipated comeback fight of former boxing world champion David Haye, due to air on the free-to-air Dave channel later this month. The match will see Britain’s Haye compete against Australia’s Mark De …

LONDON: All3Media has acquired the drama production company New Pictures, which is behind hits such as The Missing and Indian Summers. In addition to The Missing (BBC One and Starz) and Indian Summers (Channel 4 and WGBH), New Pictures has on its slate the thrillers Rellik and Requiem, which have …