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LONDON: Duncan Walker has been tapped to fill the newly created post of COO at ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) and Rest of the World (ROW), reporting to managing director Maria Kyriacou. Walker, director of finance and operations, has a remit that covers those areas as well as business …

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment has licensed a slate of drama and factual titles to Netflix for its platforms in France, Germany and the Benelux. The deal includes all five seasons of the Irish drama Love/Hate in France and Germany. Stephen Poliakoff’s BBC Two period drama Dancing on the Edge …

LONDON: Cirkus, an on-demand service delivering British content, launched in Norway today on pay-TV platform GET. GET is offering Cirkus in its “Family” and “Entertainment” extended basic tiers. Cirkus is also being offered on a standalone SVOD basis for a monthly fee. GET reaches a total of 1.3 million customers. …

LONDON: Sky Vision has signed an exclusive development and distribution pact with U.K. indie Chalkboard TV for new entertainment and factual entertainment shows, and has appointed an ex-Sony Pictures Television exec as director of comedy and drama. Chalkboard TV was established by Ben Hall, formerly with Shine Network; Mike Benson, …

LONDON: Zodiak Rights has entered into a first-look agreement with Stirling Television, building upon a distribution deal for the Northern Ireland producer's dancing series Jigs & Wigs. The Belfast-based outfit makes drama, true crime programming, factual-entertainment series and observational documentaries. The first shows Zodiak Rights will rep under the deal …

BRUSSELS: In time for World Television Day today, a number of research organizations and industry bodies have issued a joint study on second-screen usage among viewers across Europe, noting, "Television is the social medium." The research was issued by egta, representing TV and radio ad-sales houses; the Association of Commercial …

LONDON: Dee Smith, a former Bullseye TV and Discovery exec, has been appointed as the director of content for lifestyle sports and culture content creator Factory Media. In the new role, Smith is charged with creating and acquiring content for the company's own multiplatform audience, while developing, creating and delivering …

LONDON: Zodiak Rights is establishing a sales base in Scandinavia with the hire of Ole Steen Stolberg, who joins in January and will be based within Mastiff Denmark’s offices in Copenhagen. Stolberg will be serving as VP of sales for Scandinavia at Zodiak Rights. He comes to the company after …

LONDON: Endemol has entered into an exclusive first-look development and distribution pact with the U.K. producer Amber Television, a move which sees the two jointly developing and financing a new slate of scripted projects. Under the terms of the three-year deal, Endemol will provide development funding and deficit funding to …

LONDON: The BBC has placed a multi-series order for the game show Pointless, greenlighting 38 episodes of Pointless Celebrities for BBC One and 110 episodes of Pointless for BBC Daytime. The commission takes the total number of episodes up to nearly 1,000. Remarkable Television, an Endemol company, will produce the …