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LONDON: Chello Zone has picked up a package of more than 50 titles from Sony Pictures Television for broadcast on the Turkish channel Moviemax Speed. The agreement includes 41 features, including such titles as Anaconda, Boyz n’ the Hood, Flatliners and Panic Room. It also includes six mini-series, among them …

LONDON: A+E Networks UK has named Izabella Wiley to the newly created role of general manager for Poland, alongside opening an office in Warsaw. Wiley will be leading the brand portfolio for A+E Networks in the Polish market. This includes managing relationships with platforms and cable operators in the territory. She will …

NEW YORK: Watch clips and access detailed information on numerous new shows by visiting WorldScreenings.com’s dedicated Screening Rooms for NATPE Budapest and the Licensing Expo. WorldScreenings.com allows you to search for a show by company, title, keyword, genre and duration. Clips can be watched in wide-screen and full-screen modes and …

GENEVA: The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has stepped in to urge the Greek government to reverse its decision to shut down the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT). The government made the decision to close the public television and radio broadcaster in an effort to save money, calling ERT a case of …

LONDON: ITV has a new version of its ITV Player app available for Apple devices, introducing a premium upgrade that allows viewers to watch the last 30 days of catch-up programming without advertising. Content from across ITV, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and CITV, as well as live simulcast of ITV3 and ITV4, …

LONDON: A second season of the Jessica Hynes comedy Up the Women has been ordered, though the show will move from BBC Four to a slot on BBC Two. BBC In-House Comedy and Baby Cow Productions will be producing six new half-hour episodes. The series stars Hynes (Spaced, Twenty Twelve) and …

LONDON: Among the new programs that BBC Two has commissioned is My God, It’s Full of Stars: A Journey to the Edge of Science Fiction, which is a four-part co-production with BBC America. In My God, It’s Full of Stars, BBC Arts takes viewers through the definitive television history of science fiction. …

BUDAPEST: Central and Eastern Europe, together with the Middle East, are the parts of the world where the Turkish soap opera craze has reached enormous heights, according to Senay Tas, sales director for CEE at Global Agency. “The demand is still there and buyers and broadcasters are very pleased with …

TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment has sold the rights for the critically-acclaimed feature film Summerhood to HBO Europe, where it is slated to make its European debut. Summerhood is a comedy about four friends who dislike one another for various reasons. The story focuses on a boy named Fetus, who is abandoned …

LONDON: David Flynn, formerly the joint managing director of Remarkable Television, has become the new chief creative officer of Endemol UK, effective immediately. Flynn’s new role puts him in charge of creativity across all of the UK Group. While serving as co-head of Remarkable Television, he is credited with creating …