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PARIS: Formerly known as Museum HD, The Museum Channel is now being offered by Orange Romania, marking the network’s first DTH deal. The advertisement-free round-the-clock channel, which is already broadcast in France, Belgium and Portugal, focuses on the world of fine arts. It takes viewers to a number of European …

LONDON: Roger Mosey, the BBC’s editorial director and former Olympics boss, is leaving the corporation to become the master of Selwyn College at Cambridge. Mosey took on the role of editorial director back in May, reporting directly to director-general Tony Hall. He previously oversaw the BBC’s acclaimed coverage of the …

LONDON: Andy Murray’s victory in the Wimbledon men’s final on Sunday delivered the highest TV ratings of the year so far in the U.K. The final had a peak audience of 17.3 million viewers on BBC One. This is the highest audience for a Wimbledon final since at least 1990. An average …

STOCKHOLM: The cloud-based TV operator Magine has secured a further $19 million in financing through a new round of investments, and has also launched its service in beta in Spain. Magine founders Michael Werner, Matthias Hjelmstedt, Erik Wikstrom, Xavier Ritort and Hakan Tranvik raised $19 million through an agreement signed …

LONDON: The female-skewed cable network Lifetime is to make its European debut this fall, thanks to A+E Networks UK. The network joins the A+E Networks UK channels HISTORY, H2 and Crime & Investigation in the country. Lifetime will be airing dramas, original movies and factual entertainment from the U.S. and U.K. …

LONDON: The U.K.’s independent TV production sector is now worth £2.8 billion ($4.2 billion), a 14-percent gain year-on-year, according to the latest figures from Pact. This growth, measured from 2011 to 2012, is the largest annual increase in indie revenues since Pact first commissioned a financial census, in 2004. The …

LONDON: According to figures from the Advertising Association, U.K. ad spending increased 2.4 percent in the first quarter of 2013, reaching £4.14 billion ($6.2 billion), driven by healthy TV spend. The U.K. advertising market returned to pre-recession levels in 2012, when adspend surpassed the £17 billion ($25.3 billion) mark, the most …

LONDON: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) France has unveiled J-ONE, a brand-new channel dedicated exclusively to Asian pop culture. J-ONE, launching October 4, will air the best in Japanese animated programming across France, which is one of the largest consumer territories for manga animation, second only to Japan. The channel …

LONDON: The comedy Puppy Love has been commissioned for BBC Four, while Count Arthur Strong has been recommissioned for BBC Two. Puppy Love comes from the creators of Getting On, Jo Scanlan and Vicki Pepperdine, who write and star in the series. The show is set around a dog-training class, …

LONDON: Heather Jones has been hired as the new VP of programming for A+E Networks UK, effective later this month. In her new role, Jones will be charged with overseeing the programming strategy for the company’s networks in the U.K., Central Europe, Benelux, Scandinavia, the Middle East, Greece and Africa. She …