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PRAGUE: Red Arrow International is showcasing Bosch at NATPE Europe, where it is also offering the reality format Married at First Sight. Based on a set of best-selling novels by Michael Connelly, Bosch was one of the first hour-long drama pilots to be chosen by Amazon viewers to move to …

LONDON: BBC One has commissioned a full series of the game show Win Your Wish List, after successfully piloting the program last year. Eight hour-long episodes have been commissioned from Victory Television. The series, set for Saturday nights, sees a pair of contestants choose their dream prizes to make up …

STOCKHOLM: Manfred Aronsson, who previously held posts with Modern Times Group (MTG) and SBS, has been appointed as CEO of the Nordic pay-TV outfit C More. Aronsson takes on the role starting August 18. He succeeds Johan Kleberg, who is leaving TV4 Group to become the CEO of the Bonnier-owned …

NEW YORK/KIEV: SPI International's FilmBox branded channels are slated to launch on the satellite television service Xtra TV, a leading Ukrainian DTH platform. The agreement includes FilmBox, 360TuneBox, FilmBox ArtHouse, Fast&FunBox, DocuBox, FashionBox and FightBox. Viewers who want to receive a signal for these channels must have a satellite receiver …

LONDON: Members of the Commercial Broadcasters Association (COBA) invested a record £725 million ($1.23 billion) in U.K. TV production last year, which is up nearly 50 percent from 2009 spending, according to the latest census figures. COBA is the U.K. industry body for commercial broadcasters and their on-demand services; members …

LONDON: 21st Century Fox's Chase Carey and the BBC's Tony Hall are among the speakers lined up for the Royal Television Society (RTS) London Conference in September. Joining Carey, the president and COO of 21st Century Fox, and Hall, the director general of the BBC, are JB Perrette, the president of …

PRAGUE: The teams from ZDF Enterprises’ ZDFE.drama and ZDFE.junior departments will be at NATPE Europe looking to shore up deals. From the ZDFE.drama catalogue comes Thicker Than Water, about siblings who must run their late mother’s B&B together in order to collect their inheritance. “Thicker Than Water offers deep, authentic …

LONDON/BURBANK: Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG) and Warner Bros. UK are rebranding Shed Media Group as Warner Bros. Television Productions UK, which will be led by Nick Emmerson and Claire Hungate. The move follows its acquisition of 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Shed Media Group. Emmerson and Hungate …

LONDON: Tony Hall, the BBC's director-general, has set out ambitious new plans to address the on- and off-screen representation of the black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) community at the BBC, including commissioning funding and training. Hall is launching his own senior leadership development program for six individuals from BAME …

PRAGUE: The focus for SPI International at NATPE Europe is on content acquisitions for its various channels, including FilmBox Arthouse. “While looking for content, we are also conducting sales, offering our rich catalogue of movies and TV series to the local pay- and free-TV networks throughout CEE,” says Berk Uziyel, …