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LONDON/SANTA MONICA: Lionsgate UK is assuming responsibility for the distribution of all Summit label films, starting with titles produced after July 2015. Entertainment One previously handled the distribution of Summit titles in the U.K. eOne and Lionsgate are extending and expanding their partnership in three territories, with eOne continuing to …

AMSTERDAM: SDI Media has officially relocated from its Netherlands-based dubbing studios in Bussum to an upgraded, custom-built facility in Amsterdam. The SDI Media Amsterdam studios are located in a 1,000-square-meter facility that offers more quality, capacity and security for localization solutions in the region. They include recording rooms for broadcast, …

BOSTON: OTT video revenue in Europe was up 51 percent last year, reaching $3.2 billion, and is forecast to grow a further 43 percent this year, according to Strategy Analytics. The 2014 European OTT Video Market Forecast predicts that the majority of this growth will come from within the online …

LONDON: Channel 4 is evolving its 4oD on-demand service into a new online destination, All 4, which will serve as the digital home for all C4 content. The transition from 4oD into All 4 will begin at the end of Q1 2015. The new brand identity will present all of …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) has extended its broadcasting rights for Formula 1 racing in the Baltics and Scandinavia. The international entertainment group will now hold the rights in the Baltics until 2017 and 2018 in Scandinavia. Qualifying sessions and races from all grand prix weekends will air live with …

BRUSSELS: The European Commission has cleared the proposed acquisition of Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia by BSkyB. The Commission concluded that the transaction would not raise competition concerns, since the activities of the three companies are geographically complementary. Its investigation showed that the geographic scope of the markets for the …

LONDON: The U.K.'s Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB) is going to start measuring viewing on iPad and Android tablets, marking an industry first for tracking consumption on these devices. The measurement solution was developed by Kantar Media in consultation with BARB, which lists among its backers the BBC, Channel 4, …

STOCKHOLM: Nice Entertainment Group has decided to merge its Danish subsidiaries Gong and Strix, as Gong's founder and CEO, Joachim Majholm, exits the company. Strix’s current CEO, Fredrik Hillerbrand, will now take on the responsibility for the entire Danish business unit. Together, the two companies currently have 14 TV series …

LONDON: BBC has ordered 40 additional episodes of the quiz show The Link from STV Productions and LTV Productions for broadcast during BBC One's daytime lineup. Hosted by actor Mark Williams (Father Brown, Blandings), The Link watches as three teams scramble to find the link between questions for a cash …

PARIS: Bouygues Telecom has signed an agreement with Netflix to provide access to the SVOD service on its Bbox Sensation set-top box and on its future Android TV box. Netflix will be available via these set-top boxes for customers to access directly on their TVs. They will be able to …