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ISTANBUL: One week from today, the Istanbul TV Forum & Fair (iTVF) will open its doors for the very first time, welcoming delegates from more than 70 countries to the Halic Congress Center. The event, which runs from June 20 to 22, has been in development for nearly two years, …

BUDAPEST: The CEE region has long been a fertile territory for business for ITV-Inter Medya, which is looking to continue its success by presenting buyers at NATPE Budapest with the crime drama 20 Minutes and the drama series Red Scarf. Both shows are produced by Turkey’s Ay Yapim. ITV-Inter Medya …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group has shelled out £15 million ($23.5 million) for 92.4 percent of U.K.-based distribution outfit DRG, and picked up a 51-percent stake of Norwegian production company Novemberfilm. Digital Rights Group was acquired from majority shareholder Ingenious Media Active Capital as well as various private stakeholders. The remaining …

GENEVA: The director-generals of Europe’s major public broadcasters, including the BBC’s Tony Hall, ZDF’s Thomas Bellut and France Télévision’s Remy Pflimlin, have signed a statement from the European Broadcasting Union calling for Greece’s ERT to be restored immediately. The Greek government has shut down national pubcaster ERT in an effort to …

LONDON: Rupert Dilnott-Cooper, whose career in British media included running Carlton Communications’ content division and its international arm, passed away last month following a battle with leukemia. Dilnott-Cooper was well known to the international media community as CEO of Carlton International, the content-sales arm of the Carlton Group. He also …

BUDAPEST: Over the last two years, Novovision has inked a slew of deals in Central and Eastern Europe, including in such territories as Russia, Poland, Romania and Ukraine. “All our funny clips—hidden cameras, home videos, bloopers and sketches—have always been appreciated in this part of the world,” says François-Xavier Poirier, …

BUDAPEST: Set in the 1950s, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, one of the highlights of ITV Studios Global Entertainment’s lineup, tells the story of a maverick country-town detective medical officer. He returns home from war to find that his risk-taking personality is no longer welcomed within the strict social structures of …

GENEVA: Greek satellite subscribers can now watch pubcaster ERT’s news channel NET on their television sets, courtesy of the European Broadcasting Union. Earlier this week, the Greek government ordered the closure of ERT, but its reporters have continued to produce news out of its Thessaloniki studios. ERT had been live streaming …

MONTE CARLO: Winners of the 2013 Golden Nymph Awards, presented in Monte Carlo last night, included AMC’s Breaking Bad as best international drama and DR’s Borgen as best European drama. In the performance categories, Forbrydelsen‘s (The Killing) Sofie Gråbøl was named outstanding actress, while Bryan Cranston was honored for his work on …

LONDON: The Scottish Premier League has tapped MP & Silva to represent the international media rights to its matches across multiple platforms from the 2014/2015 season through 2022/2023. The international deal, which excludes the European Union territories, covers live media rights across cable, satellite, terrestrial, betting, mobile and Internet platforms, …