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LONDON: Liberty Global ranks as Europe's top pay-TV operator by subscribers, while BSkyB tops the rankings by subscription and VOD revenues, according to Digital TV Research. The new report covered 102 operators across 26 countries reaching 131.9 million customers in 2012; this is forecast to rise to 147.1 million by …

LONDON/AMSTERDAM: Endemol says it is investing 30 million euros ($40.4 million) to expand its digital video operations via a new division, Endemol Beyond. Endemol Beyond plans to set up a network of premium channels on YouTube, Yahoo, MSN, Dailymotion and other platforms that will feature original digital content, organized by …

LONDON: Emma Gormley has been selected to fill the newly created post of managing executive producer at ITV Studios Daytime. Gormley will be responsible for overseeing ITV Studios Daytime's catalogue of programming, which includes Lorraine, This Morning, Loose Women and Daybreak. Over the past few weeks she has been serving …

LONDON: The James Bond film franchise, including Skyfall, is headed back to British free-to-air television following an exclusive multi-year deal between ITV and MGM International Television Distribution. The pact covers all 23 films in the franchise, for broadcast across ITV, ITV2 and ITV4. Skyfall, the latest, will air in 2014. "Skyfall …

LOS ANGELES: BoPaul Media Worldwide has sold a handful of movies produced in the U.K. to Denmark's Rialto Film Entertainment. Titles involved in the agreement include Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War, starring Pauline Collins; Arthur's Dyke, led by Pauline Quirke; Capone's Boys (also known as Al's Lads), a period drama; and the …

LONDON: According to an interim management statement from ITV plc for the nine months ended September 30, total revenues rose by 5 percent and non-advertising revenues by 11 percent. The total revenues from broadcast and online and ITV Studios reached £1.897 billion ($3.054 billion), a 5-percent gain year on year. …

LONDON: Next year ITV is due to debut a sixth season of Benidorm, a hit comedy series created by Derren Litten. Set in a four-star hotel, Benidorm features an ensemble cast that includes Steve Pemberton, Siobhan Finneran, Sheila Reid and Oliver Stokes, to name a few. The 7-episode new season …

LONDON: Sky Go has added to its mobile TV service 14 entertainment channels, including Comedy Central, MTV, Dave, Nat Geo and HISTORY, to watch across compatible devices. Among those channels being added to Sky Go are Gold, Watch, Alibi, Nat Geo Wild, Discovery, TLC, Animal Planet, Good Food and Eden. …

AMSTERDAM: Esben Halding, the managing director of Eyeworks Denmark, will now also serve as the head of Nordic cooperation for Eyeworks Group. In his new position, Esben will be expected to strengthen the collaboration between the Nordic territories within Eyeworks Group, which include Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. He will also …

LONDON: Andrew Sime, formerly the head of acquisitions at Global Agency, has been hired at Zodiak Rights as the company's VP of entertainment. Sime will now be focused on working with Zodiak Media group production companies and third-party producers to identify and develop formats with international sales potential. He will …