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CANNES: Channel 4 in the U.K. has secured the exclusive first-window, free-to-air broadcast for the U.S. comedy Jane the Virgin, premiering on E4 in 2015. The series, sold by CBS Studios International, premieres tonight on The CW in the U.S. The hour-long comedy heads to E4 early next year. “Jane …

CANNES: The Spanish business group Onza Partners and Comarex have entered into a joint venture for the creation of Comarex España, targeting the Spanish market. The JV will merge Onza and Comarex's respective strengths to produce a range of Comarex formats and to develop original content for production in Spain. …

CANNES: RTL Netherlands has picked up the Belgian version of the comedy series Safety First from Red Arrow International. The show was created by Tim van Aelst, who is also behind such hits as What If? and Benidorm Bastards. The series was a ratings hit on VTM Belgium. Tim Gerhartz, …

CANNES: At a signing ceremony this morning between Reed MIDEM and the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, Turkey was named as the 2015 MIPCOM Country of Honour. "Turkey has been a longtime partner of MIPTV and MIPCOM," said Jerome Delhaye, director of the entertainment division at Reed MIDEM, at this morning's …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) has entered a digital-business alliance with various other European media companies, including Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1, the U.K.’s Channel 4 and France’s TF1. The new partnerships were formed to identify investment opportunities in new digital businesses. The alliance also creates a pan-European footprint that enables its members …

LONDON: The British TV provider TalkTalk has secured a deal with NBCUniversal to bring a range of U.S. box sets, featuring series such as Suits, Grimm and 30 Rock, to customers. The new package, TVBox, offers on-demand box sets of a number of U.S. series from the NBCU catalogue. The …

PARIS/WARSAW: CANAL+ Group and ITI Group have said they are considering offloading their 51-percent stake in Poland's TVN Group. In a joint statement, CANAL+ and ITI said they have received approaches over the last several months about the sale of their TVN stake. "Both the ITI Group and CANAL+ Group …

LONDON: BSkyB has said that it will own at least 69 percent of Sky Deutschland once the takeover period closes, after more minority investors than originally expected signed up for the offer. In June, BSkyB paid $9 billion for Sky Italia and a 57 percent share in Sky Deutschland. BSkyB's …

LONDON: SPI International's VOD service FilmBox Live is now available on PlayStation 4 (PS4) platforms in Turkey, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia. PS4 users in those territories now have unlimited access to a hefty selection of movies, television series and thematic videos. Titles available in Poland …

UNTERFÖHRING: ProSiebenSat.1 TV Deutschland has tapped Koby Gal-Raday as its senior VP of international co-productions and documentaries, a newly created post. Gal-Raday is due to start his role November 15, reporting directly to Wolfgang Link, the CEO of ProSiebenSat.1 TV Deutschland. The exec will be charged with expanding the international …