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LONDON: Former Publicis and all3media exec Samantha Glynne has been tapped to spearhead a push into global branded content at FremantleMedia. Glynne joined the company last week as its VP of branded entertainment in the Digital & Branded Entertainment Division. She’s based in London, where she reports to CEO Keith …

NEW YORK/LONDON: Louise Pedersen, who has been serving as managing director of all3media international, is joining Playground Entertainment in the newly created role of managing director of its U.K. operations. Pedersen will be involved in all the commercial aspects of the company and will be responsible for day-to-day activities in …

LONDON: Keshet UK, a division of Keshet International, has made two new senior hires for its creative team in an attempt to boost British production. Ashley Blaker now joins the team as the head of comedy, while Kevin Mundye has been tapped as head of U.K. formats and global consultant. …

LONDON: The U.K.’s Channel 5 is set to release its TV Everywhere platform Demand 5 on Amazon Fire TV, making the service available on a wide range of mobile and TV devices. Demand 5 lets viewers watch programs broadcast on Channel 5, 5USA and 5* instantly, wherever and whenever they …

PARIS: CANAL+ OVERSEAS has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in THEMA, which specializes in the distribution of generalist, specialist and ethnic TV channels. THEMA distributes channels to cable, satellite and IPTV operators in France and internationally. THEMA also operates the African fiction channel Nollywood TV and …

STOCKHOLM: Morten Mogensen is transitioning from the role of program director of MTG TV in Denmark to the newly created post of chief content officer for MTG free-TV in Scandinavia. Mogensen assumes the new role as of November 1. He will be working with the program directors in each country …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has sold the new paranormal thriller Intruders to the French telecom operator OCS, while the factual-entertainment series Katherine Mills: Mind Games was picked up by Seven Network in Australia and TVNZ in New Zealand. Intruders is a new eight-part series from BBC Worldwide Productions for BBC America. …

LONDON: Sky has invested $7 million in Whistle Sports, a U.S. sports-focused online video network that caters to a young Millennial demo. The two will be working together to create new content for younger sports fans. Whistle Sports features a host of online personalities who create original video content themed …

UNTERFÖHRING: Sky Deutschland and Warner Bros. International Television Distribution have signed an early extension of their existing multiplatform agreement, adding to it some rights for library titles for nonlinear services. The long-term contract between the two includes on-demand rights for all current new movies during the pay-TV window, as well …

PARIS: The Series Mania European Co-Production Forum, organized by Forum des images and supported by the E.U.'s Creative Europe program, is looking for fiction series to take part in its third edition, which will be held April 22 to 24, 2015. Ten projects—eight European and two from outside of Europe—will …