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LONDON: People Just Do Nothing is the first U.K.-originated comedy series to play out in full on the BBC iPlayer ahead of its linear broadcast. The show initially debuted as a pilot on BBC iPlayer. It will premiere in full on the service today, ahead of its broadcast on BBC …

MUNICH: Red Arrow International has scored the distribution rights for the Norwegian comedy Samurai Security, produced by Rubicon TV, the creators of Lilyhammer. The series airs on TV 2 in Norway, where it outperformed the channel average by up to 96 percent. The show is about four dysfunctional mall cops …

LONDON: Releasing its interim management statement today, ITV plc said it expects its second-quarter ad revenues to rise 12 to 13 percent, following modest gains in Q1. Total revenues at the U.K.'s leading commercial broadcaster rose 2 percent in the first quarter to £585 million ($981 million), with ad revenues …

PARIS: STUDIOCANAL, CANAL+ Group and the writers and creators Søren Sveistrup (The Killing) and Adam Price (Borgen), along with producer Meta Louise Foldager, have formed a new production company, SAM Productions. STUDIOCANAL joins as partner and will serve as the company's distributor. Foldager serves as partner, CEO and executive producer. Sveistrup and Price are partners …

LONDON: New research from Thinkbox in the U.K. reports that television is still the most effective advertising medium, creating more profit per pound spent than any other platform. Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial TV in the U.K., commissioned Ebiquity to conduct the study of more than 4,500 ad campaigns …

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) is combining its home entertainment, digital and TV operations under three regional leaders, with Tobi De Graaff, the director of global television distribution, having exited the company. Dan Gopal, who joined ITVS GE two years ago as senior VP and director of global …

LONDON: Banijay Group's Nordisk Film TV Sweden has named Kristoffer Graci as its new managing director, along with adding two senior development executives to its team. Graci was most recently the deputy managing director at Sweden's Jarowskij, a Zodiak Media company. At Nordisk, he reports to Jacob Houlind, the CEO …

LUXEMBOURG/ZAGREB: Henning Tewes has been named CEO of RTL Hrvatska, succeeding Johannes Züll, who is leaving the RTL Group to become CEO of the German production company Studio Hamburg. Tewes is currently the managing director of the news provider Enex. He takes on the new role effective July 1. Ivan …

LONDON: At last night's BAFTA Television Awards, ITV's Broadchurch scored three wins, for best drama, best actress for Olivia Colman and best supporting actor for David Bradley. Sean Harris of Southcliffe won for leading actor. The supporting actress winner was Sarah Lancashire for Last Tango in Halifax. The comedy duo …

LOS ANGELES: HBO Nordic has scored the exclusive rights for a first run of all new Showtime original series in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, thanks to a deal with CBS Studios International. This includes Penny Dreadful, Ray Donovan and The Affair. The first of the new series to premiere …