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LONDON: A third season of Episodes, a comedy starring Matt LeBlanc, Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan, has been ordered by BBC Two and Hat Trick Productions. Episodes is a comedy about a British sitcom that is being remade in the U.S. The third season will be written by David Crane and …

LONDON/TORONTO/LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) has firmed up a four-year output agreement with DreamWorks Studios to distribute the company’s films across the U.K. and Benelux. The first film under the agreement will be the remake of Starbuck featuring Vince Vaughn. The movie is slated for release in 2013. DreamWorks’ domestic …

WARSAW: Izabela Lopuch, who has been working as a producer in the drama and features department at TVN, is joining HBO Poland as the head of original production. Her production credits include the hit Polish movie Letters to Santa. She first joined TVN as the head of development and deputy head …

LONDON: Caroline Thomson, the chief operating officer at the BBC, is leaving her role at the end of the month, with the COO post closed as part of a restructure of the senior team. The BBC’s new director-general, George Entwistle, confirmed that he is closing the COO role as part …

LONDON: Ralph Straus, the head of strategy and brand management at FIFA, has been tapped as this year’s Big Interview at Brand Licensing Europe (BLE). Straus will share insights into how the world football governing body is managing its global licensing program in the run up to the 2014 FIFA World …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group’s Viasat Broadcasting is launching three new HD pay-TV movie channels in Russia, Ukraine and other CIS countries in October. The premium tier channel TV1000 Premium HD will feature first-run premieres of award-winning films from Hollywood studios and local independent distributors. TV1000 Megahit HD programs first-run premieres of …

LONDON/BURBANK: Sky has scored the distribution of Warner Bros. movies across a range of platforms and the two are planning to work together more closely on the release and marketing of the studio’s films across the U.K. and Ireland. The pact covers the first subscription pay-TV and pay-per-view windows. This allows …

PREMIUM: Guillaume de Posch and Anke Schäferkordt, the co-CEOs of the RTL Group, talk to World Screen about how they are working in concert to shape the future of the company and position it to succeed in the digital age.   WS: What has been your overall strategy since taking …

LONDON: Ofcom has ruled that Sky is a "fit and proper" license holder, but declares that James Murdoch "repeatedly fell short of the conduct to be expected of him." Of James Murdoch, Ofcom said: "his failure to initiate action on his own account on a number of occasions" was both …

LONDON: Jeremy Fox, the CEO of DRG, is leaving the company, which has made two new senior-level appointments in the wake of his departure. Jonathan Jackson, currently the COO, becomes group managing director. Jackson has been with the company for the last five years. He will now lead the business, …