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LONDON: ITV has bought all of London Television Centre, which is home to the company’s headquarters and studios on the South Bank. The 2.5-acre center was purchased for £56 million from Coal Pension Properties. If there is any substantial redevelopment to the site within the next ten years, Coal Pension …

LONDON: Endemol is reorganizing its commercial and global brands businesses, part of which sees a newly created group commercial board comprised of senior executives from around the world being established in place of Endemol Worldwide Brands (EWB). Branco Scherer, formerly the regional director for international at EWB, takes on the …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) has appointed Rikard Steiber to the new role of executive VP and chief digital officer, alongside the promotion of Matthew Hooper to the post of executive VP of group corporate communications. Steiber joins MTG from Google, where he most recently served as the global marketing director for …

DUBLIN: Jeff Ford, formerly the director of programming at Channel 5, has joined TV3 as the station’s new director of content. In addition to his time at Channel 5, Ford has previously held roles as the director of acquisitions at Channel 4 and controller of acquisitions at ITV. At TV3 …

LONDON: A new agreement with Sony Pictures Television sees films such as Men in Black 3, The Amazing Spider-Man and Django Unchained coming to Sky Movies before any other TV network or subscription service in the U.K. and Ireland. Sky Movies becomes the first stop to screen movies from Sony Pictures, …

LUXEMBOURG: The board of directors at RTL Group has learned that Bertelsmann is considering a reduction of its shareholdings in the outfit, though would still continue to hold a qualified majority. Bertelsmann currently holds 92.3 percent of the voting rights in RTL Group. Through a capital market transaction, Bertelsmann would …

PARIS: The Canal+ Group has won the exclusive audio-visual rights for all 380 Barclays Premier League matches per season for the next three years in France. The coverage is for the 2013-14 through 2015-16 seasons. “We are extremely pleased CANAL+ has chosen to invest yet again in our broadcast rights,” …

LONDON: UKTV has put together a team of executives dedicated to social media to help drive the company’s digital innovation strategy. Steve Hornby, currently UKTV’s senior multiplatform producer, has been elevated to the new role of head of digital and social media. He is currently recruiting for a digital and …

LONDON: Ofcom has granted the Evening Standard a license to run a local TV service in London on DTT, with the channel to be named London Live. The channel is expected to reach some 4 million homes, the largest footprint of all the new local TV services. In May 2012, Ofcom invited …

LONDON: New on-air brand identities have been created across all CBS Chello Zone channels in the U.K. and EMEA, with new programming in place for the spring season as well. The new look launches across EMEA today. The revamp was done by Studio Hansa. In the U.K., the new visuals can …