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LONDON: Channel 4 has commissioned three new pilots to add to its slate of comedies for 2014. All three shows were ordered by Phil Clarke, the network’s head of comedy. Filming is set to begin this month on Flack, a series produced by Hat Trick Productions. The two other shows, …

LONDON: FOX International Channels is set to deliver its FOX channel in Hungary on the pay-TV platform Telekom starting February 4, 2014. FOX Hungary will air 18 hours a day, featuring U.S. programming such as The Walking Dead, The Simpsons and 24: Live Another Day. The channel will also feature …

LONDON: Mark Burnett's One Three Media has partnered with Red Arrow Entertainment to launch a joint production company in London. The new company will focus on bringing formats from One Three Media into the U.K. as well as developing original content. Red Arrow's production partner, CPL Productions, will support the …

HILVERSUM: Shashi Baboeram Panday and Barry Masclee have joined the Talpa Holding executive board as chief financial officer and chief corporate officer, respectively. Baboeram Panday, who had been acting as interim CFO since July, is replacing Mark Ramakers. He became a concern controller for Talpa in 2007. Earlier in his …

LONDON: Jens Richter is set to join FremantleMedia International as chief executive following the end of his contract with Red Arrow International, where he serves as managing director. Richter has been running Red Arrow International, formerly known as SevenOne International, since 2004. He will be relocating from Munich to London …

LONDON: In mid-January, Mark Freeland, who has been serving as controller of comedy production, is set to become the controller of fiction and entertainment for BBC Productions. In the newly established position, Freeland will manage the in-house drama, entertainment and comedy production teams. He will report to Danny Cohen, the …

LONDON: In its Media, Technology & Telecoms Outlook for 2014, YouGov has pinpointed four key trends for the year ahead, including predictions that established media will stem the current flow of losses and grow and that UltraViolet could break into the mainstream. Dan Brilot, media consulting director at YouGov, said: …

LONDON: The Guardian's critics have made their selections for the top 30 best TV programs of 2013 broadcast in the U.K., giving the number one spot to the French drama The Returned, which aired on Channel 4. Breaking Bad, which streamed in the U.K. on Netflix, ranked second. Another Channel …

BERLIN/NEW YORK: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has appointed Magnus Kastner, who joins from Rotana Media Services, as its executive VP and managing director for Northern Europe, effective in February. In his new position, Kastner will be responsible for managing VIMN's brands and business throughout Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, the …

VIENNA: Sky will be the exclusive TV home in Austria for all matches of the UEFA Champions League live and in HD until the year 2018. Sky Deutschland already secured the exclusive German pay-TV rights for the European football matches a few days ago, and the rights agreement has now …