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PARIS: Over the first nine months of the year, TF1’s revenues were relatively flat, rising 0.8 percent to 1.9 billion euros ($2.36 billion), with channel ad revenues down 7.1 percent year-on-year to 979.5 million euros ($1.25 billion). Advertising revenue for the TF1 group as a whole was down 1.5 percent …

LONDON: The online video company Base79, which runs the largest YouTube network in EMEA, has received a multi-million-dollar investment from The Chernin Group. The capital from this equity investment will go toward Base79’s expansion across Europe and into other international territories. The company also plans to build owned-and-operated brands and …

LONDON: The FX channel in the U.K. is being rebranded as FOX as of January 11, 2013, with a number of new shows having been acquired for the lineup as well, including Louie. The channel will feature several new programs as part of its revamp. From Twentieth Century Fox Television …

LONDON/PARIS: Jane Millichip is exiting her post as managing director of Zodiak Rights in the wake of a restructure for the London- and Paris-based distribution businesses. Under the company’s new arrangement, the business will be divided into five genre-based distribution areas: non-scripted programming, scripted programming, kids, digital and publishing and …

NEW YORK: Drama, alongside formats, has been selling particularly well for ITV Studios Global Entertainment as of late, according to Tobias de Graaff, the company’s director of global television distribution.   With titles such as Mr Selfridge, Rectify, Endeavour and more, ITV Studios Global Entertainment has steadily amassed a slate …

LONDON: Former BBC COO Caroline Thomson, whose name had been tossed around as a potential frontrunner to fill the director-general post, has been appointed the new chair of Digital UK. Thomson takes up the post as of January 1, 2013, replacing Barry Cox, who is retiring after seven years in the …

LONDON: ITV has unveiled the first details of its large-scale rebrand, starting in January 2013, part of which sees the flagship ITV1 channel being renamed simply as ITV. Part of the company’s Transformation Plan, the rebrand will create a unified brand identity that spans across the branding for ITV plc, including …

GENEVA: Members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) are making the Eurovision-organized Magic Circus Show a yearly event, to be delivered across eight public broadcasters in Europe over the Christmas season. The entertainment program successfully ran in 2010 and 2011. The circus show features more than 60 children from all …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) has signed two separate deals that boost its offerings in Denmark, including one for the free-TV channels TV3 and TV3 Puls. MTG entered into a new channel distribution pact with Boxer TV-Access, increasing the penetration of the TV3 and TV3 Puls Danish free-TV services. Boxer will make …

LONDON, November 16: Comedians David Walliams, Frank Skinner and Micky Flanagan are set to appear on I Love My Country, BBC One’s new Saturday night comedy-entertainment show. I Love My Country watches as two teams of famous British people compete to see which group knows more about the United Kingdom. …