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LONDON/NEW YORK/ATHENS: Antenna Group has struck up a strategic partnership with Vice Media that increases the brand's presence across Greece and Southeast Europe. Antenna Group will be working with Vice to launch bureaus, digital content and channels and linear TV programming in those markets. Antenna will allow Vice to produce …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has announced a joint development partnership with the indie Lonesome Pine, which was founded by former BBC Radio 2 controller and CEO of Lime Pictures Lesley Douglas. Douglas, who was also managing director of commercial partnerships and television at Universal Music, set up Lonesome Pine in 2013 …

LONDON: DRG has acquired the international, DVD and merchandising rights for the upcoming Channel 4 series Babylon, which is executive produced by Danny Boyle, along with picking up the documentary miniseries Genius. Babylon comes from the writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong (Peep Show) and is produced by Robert Jones …

LONDON: Universal Networks International (UNI) is bringing E! Entertainment Television to Russia and the CIS in the second quarter of the year. The channel will be airing such programming as Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Fashion Police, as well as popular E! specials and new series such as #Rich …

LOS ANGELES/BUDAPEST: SDI Media Hungary is now operating from a 1,100-square-meter facility in Budapest, marking the launch of the largest dubbing studio in the country. The new three-floor location will include 13 dubbing and mixing studios for broadcast and theatrical productions. It will offer both 2.0 and 5.1. mix solutions. …

LONDON: ITV is launching its first new channel brand in eight years, with ITV Encore set to roll out on Sky, delivering the commercial broadcaster's top recent drama series as well as its own original commissions. The ITV Encore rollout is part of a broader four-year partnership with Sky that …

LONDON: British pay-TV platform BSkyB reported 873,000 new subscription products sold in the second quarter, a 42 percent gain on last year, with revenues up 7.6 percent to £3.75 billion ($6.2 billion) in the first half. The company did, however, report reduced profits of £595 million ($985 million), an 8 …

LONDON: The U.K.’s BBC One has commissioned a full season of its one-off comedy hit Still Open All Hours, set to air later this year. The show, a sequel to the classic British series Open All Hours, aired as a holiday special last December. It was watched by an average …

LONDON: BSkyB and HBO are planning to co-develop and produce new original dramas as part of an expanded partnership between the two companies, which also renewed their output deal through 2020. Under the terms of the pact, Sky Atlantic will remain the exclusive U.K. home for first-run HBO programs until …

LONDON: BSkyB has extended its contract to exclusively broadcast WWE's weekly flagship programming in the U.K. and Ireland for another five years. This agreement will carry WWE and Sky's partnership into a milestone 30th year. Through 2019, BSkyB will continue to carry WWE Raw and SmackDown and will also add …