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LONDON: TalkTalk has extended its deal with Sky, allowing it to continue offering the Sky Sports and Sky Movies channels to its YouView customers for another two years. The deal announced today also includes catch-up content for the channels. Sky and TalkTalk have been working together in this wholesale agreement …

LONDON: The Sky streaming service Now TV has become available on the PlayStation 4 console, delivering shows such as Got to Dance and Silicon Valley, along with a host of movies and sports content. The service offers instant access to the latest films from Sky Movies, action from all six …

PARIS: Ahead of its planned September launch in France, Netflix has signed an agreement with Sacem (Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music) that guarantees local creators compensation for featured content. The pact assures payment to Sacem members whose works are used in programs available on Netflix in France. …

LONDON: BSkyB has agreed to pay £4.9 billion ($8.3 billion) in cash to purchase 21st Century Fox’s 100-percent stake in Sky Italia and its 57.4-percent interest in Sky Deutschland. BSkyB will pay £2.45 billion ($4.2 billion) for Sky Italia, with approximately £2.07 billion ($3.5 billion) to be paid in cash …

PARIS: In its second quarter, France's TF1 posted an operating loss of 30 million euros ($40.35 million) compared to Q2 2013, due primarily to costs associated with airing the FIFA World Cup. For the first half, operating profit fell to 24.2 million euros ($32.5 million) from the 42.6 million euros …

LONDON: Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones have aligned with Endemol UK to set up a new production outfit, House of Tomorrow, which will produce dramas, comedies and feature films. Brooker, an award-winning writer/producer/presenter, will be serving as creative director of the newly formed indie. Jones, formerly the managing director of …

MUNICH: Red Arrow International has hired Amelie von Kienlin as its new VP of scripted acquisitions, reporting to Irina Ignatiew, the company's co-MD and head of global scripted distribution. As of September 1, von Kienlin will be responsible for acquiring content for Red Arrow's scripted slate. Previously, von Kienlin was …

VIENNA/ZURICH: Liberty Global is bringing together its operations in Austria and Switzerland, which will be overseen by Eric Tveter, currently the managing director of upc cablecom. Tveter has been named CEO of the newly created Swiss and Austrian division of Liberty Global, effective August 1. That same date, Thomas Hintze, …

MADRID: RTVE’s administrative council has approved a new management structure at Televisión Española (TVE), which includes a merged area dubbed Contenidos y Antena, led by Francisco Díaz Ujados, while Ignacio Gómez-Acebo will become the director of strategic planning for programming and production at TVE. Also, Jaime Garrido will assume leadership …

LONDON: After having spent 18 years at BBC Worldwide, Elin Thomas is joining Passion Distribution in the new position of global head of sales. Thomas most recently served as the director of global formats at BBC Worldwide and was integral in the success and longevity of Dancing with the Stars …