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STOCKHOLM: Marika Makaroff has been appointed as the managing director of Friday TV, a Swedish development company owned by Shine Group’s Metronome Film & Television. Makaroff will take over for Simon Romanus, who has been serving as Friday TV’s interim managing director since last spring. Romanus will continue his role …

MUNICH: Factual programs and formats make up the more than 50 new shows Red Arrow International is bringing to Cannes next week. The company’s catalogue includes Bosch, an Amazon Studios commission based on Michael Connelly’s best-selling detective novels, as well as 100 Code, a crime thriller that’s Sky Deutschland’s first …

MILAN: The new Sky Italia channel Sky Atlantic HD is slated to begin airing the fourth seasons of Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire, among other HBO programming. In addition to Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire, Sky subscribers will have exclusive access to True Detective, starring Matthew McConaughey, and …

MUNICH: Lionsgate and Tele München Group (TMG) have signed a new, expanded multiyear output agreement covering the distribution of Summit titles in Germany and Austria across all platforms. The deal comes ahead of the April 10 theatrical premiere of Divergent in those two European markets. Other titles covered under the …

CANNES: The period drama ANZAC Girls has been pre-bought by Globosat for GNT in Brazil, while Gogglebox is headed to Israel and Canada, distributor all3media international has announced. ANZAC Girls is a 6×1-hour series based on real incidents in the lives of five young women from Australia and New Zealand during …

LONDON: TalkTalk TV has added seven Sky entertainment channels to its roster and some 100 hours of on-demand content to its Plus TV offering. Sky 1, Sky 2, Sky Sports News, Sky Living, Sky Livingit, Sky Arts 1 and Sky Arts 2 have joined the TalkTalk lineup. In addition to …

STOCKHOLM: MTGx, which is the digital accelerator unit of Modern Times Group, has appointed Jakob Mejlhede as chief content officer. Mejlhede will also continue in his current role as senior VP of acquisitions and programming for MTG. In the new post at MTGx, he will strengthen the online content offering …

STOCKHOLM: Metronome Film & Television, which has been owned by Shine Group since 2009, is rebranding as Shine Nordics. Metronome Film & Television encompasses 12 companies across Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway. Shine Nordics encompasses Meter Television, STO-CPH Produktion, Filmlance International and Friday TV in Sweden; Rubicon TV and Metronome …

CANNES: Headlining Content Television’s drama slate is the 10×1-hour series 19-2, an English-language adaptation of the award- and ratings-winning French-Canadian series. Set in Montreal, the drama follows the lives of two newly partnered patrol officers amidst the highly charged environment of the city’s 19th precinct. “19-2 is a richly nuanced …

CANNES: Marc Dorcel’s latest endeavor is Xillimite.com, an unlimited streaming service for adult movies. The new offering was launched to counter the many illegal platforms out there in the marketplace featuring this type of content. “Marc Dorcel is the first industry player to offer an innovative and legal solution that …