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LONDON: BBC Worldwide has commissioned a bespoke Glastonbury stream from the festival that will run across its international channel bouquet. For six hours, Glastonbury 2013 will take audiences straight to the action of the iconic British event. Starting June 30, the final day of the festival, the six-hour broadcast will run …

LONDON: Anna Gordon has been hired as BBC Worldwide’s director of global sales strategy, business development and planning. In her new role, Gordon will manage the high level sales strategy and support the company’s sales teams around the globe and at important markets, such as BBC Worldwide Showcase, MIPCOM and …

OSLO: The Blacklist with James Spader and Hostages starring Toni Collette were among the shows that resonated with John Ranelagh, the head of acquisitions at Norway’s TV 2, at the recent L.A. Screenings. Asked which shows he liked and found interesting, Ranelagh noted: "I liked Killer Women [Disney Media Distribution], perhaps because …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) has appointed Jette Nygaard-Andersen as the executive VP of the group’s Nordic pay-TV broadcast operations, alongside a number of other changes within the senior management team. Anna Settman, who has been the executive VP of the group’s Nordic pay-TV broadcasting operations since March 2013, has decided …

MUNICH: Rüdiger Böss, the senior VP of group programming acquisitions at ProSiebenSat.1, was impressed by both the quantity and quality of pilots presented at this year’s L.A. Screenings. “While there wasn’t a clear frontrunner among the pilots,” he says, “there were many, many good shows.” This was particularly helpful because Böss …

DENVER: Dana Strong, currently the managing director of UPC Ireland, is taking on the role of COO of Virgin Media as of July 1, with her UPC Ireland post being taken over by Magnus Ternsjö. Strong will serve as chairman of UPC Ireland while taking on new responsibilities at Virgin …

LOS ANGELES: Telescope, which provides audience participation, consumer engagement and mobile technology for live TV, is expanding its business into the U.K., tapping Andrew Jackson as VP of business development. Jackson most recently worked at the BBC as an independent consultant in the Future Media division. He also worked at MIG (now …

LONDON: The crime drama Endeavour is scheduled for a second series of films on ITV, which has also recommissioned the prime-time show Surprise Surprise for a sophomore run. Endeavour serves as a prequel to the Inspector Morse franchise. The crime drama debuted in 2012 with a feature-length story to mark …

LONDON: There will be more than 100 million pay-TV subscribers in Western Europe by 2018, up from 94.1 million in 2012, reflecting an average penetration rate of 57 percent across 15 markets. The report from Digital TV Research notes that while some markets contracted last year—Italy and Spain both saw pay-TV subs …

LONDON: As part of its ongoing viewer engagement strategy, Channel 4 is launching a second-screen companion app to accompany its channels and programming. The app will move into beta phase next month for Channel 4’s registered users. It is currently under the working title 4Now. The app will serve as …