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LONDON/NEW YORK: The Antenna Group has entered into a wide-ranging strategic partnership with The Raine Group to explore joint initiatives in the entertainment, digital media, content and distribution industries. The two will be pooling their resources to pursue growth opportunities in new entertainment formats, emerging technology platforms, content rights and …

LONDON: ITV has commissioned a full season of Release the Hounds, a horror game show from the producers Gogglebox Entertainment. The show had solid ratings as a Halloween special on ITV2 last year. It will now go into production as a full series this spring. Reggie Yates will host (he …

LOS ANGELES: Electus International has signed multiple agreements with Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks Russia involving distribution in the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Baltic States. The deal includes 63 hours of finished tape, including the first seasons of The Hero and 72 Hours; the first three seasons of …

MUNICH: Irina Ignatiew and Henrik Pabst are both being promoted to managing director of Red Arrow International, and will replace the departing Jens Richter. The promotions take effect immediately. Both will report to Jan Frouman, the group managing director of Red Arrow Entertainment Group. The pair will jointly lead the …

LONDON: FOX International Channels (FIC) will be airing Super Bowl XLVIII live on its channels in Europe for the first time ever. The game will go out live to more than 12 million households on FOX Sports in Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey and Cyprus, and on FOX in Greece, Bulgaria, …

LONDON: British broadcaster Channel 4 is set to launch a £20 million ($33.2 million) fund in the first quarter of this year to invest in small and mid-size independent production companies in the U.K. The Channel 4 Growth Fund, announced by C4 chief executive David Abraham at last year’s RTS …

ROME: Fabrizio Salini is returning to FOX International Channels (FIC) Italy in the role of managing director, effective February 17. Salini was with FIC Italy from 2003 to 2011 as the VP of entertainment channels. During the time since then, Salini has worked in senior management roles at SKY Italia, …

LONDON: The Grierson Trust has chosen Lorraine Heggessey to replace Dawn Airey as chairman of the board of trustees. Heggessey will join board members Celia Taylor, Emma Hindley, Charlotte Moore, Terry Back, Alex Cooke, Jill Franklin, Chris Harris, Christopher Hird, Morgan Matthews, Judith Chan and Emma Cooper. She previously served …

LONDON: British network BBC Two has commissioned a new half-hour sports comedy entertainment show set to coincide with this year’s Winter Olympics. Alan Davies Après-Ski, a 3×30-minute program filmed in front of a studio audience, is slated to air at the beginning, middle and end of the Sochi games. The …

DENVER/UTRECHT: Liberty Global has reached an agreement to fully take over Ziggo, in a cash-and-stock deal that values the Dutch cable provider at around 10 billion euros ($13.7 billion). Back in October 2013, Ziggo rejected Liberty Global's takeover offer, citing that it was too low. The current offer implied a …