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STOCKHOLM: Cathrine Wiernik, who currently serves as the head of acquisitions and formats at TV4 Group, has been tapped for the role of director of programs for acquisitions and formats, local production and drama. The role has been vacant since Åsa Sjöberg exited to become director of content last fall. …

LONDON: A+E Networks UK has elevated Heather Jones to general manager for the U.K., effective February 1. In her new role, Jones will continue to work under Tom Davidson, the company's managing director. She will have oversight of all aspects of the business across the company's U.K. operations and portfolio …

LONDON: BBC has launched BBC Taster, a digital idea hub intended to develop new talent and content across the company’s platforms. The initiative is set to be the new home for experimental ideas, including interactive, short-form or social content, and online features and services. The hub will debut with exclusive …

MADRID: More Spanish companies attended this year’s NATPE than in 2014, according to Audiovisual from Spain, the umbrella brand for film and TV outfits from the Iberian country. At the recently wrapped Miami market, 35 Spanish companies participated, a 25 percent increase from 2014’s 28 companies. Fourteen of those attended …

LONDON: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is to host a special career retrospective for actor/writer/presenter Michael Palin, with the BAFTA: A Life in Television event to take place March 17. BAFTA: A Life in Television is a new strand of live onstage events that celebrates leading …

MADRID: FOX International Channels (FIC) has named Vera Pinto Pereira as managing director of FIC Spain and Portugal. Pinto Pereira joined the company as COO for FIC Southern Europe and Africa in January 2014. She will continue to report to Adam Theiler, the executive VP of FIC Southern Europe and …

BERLIN: Studio.TV.Film has promoted Milena Maitz as managing director, joining Albert Schäfer, who has been MD since July 2000. Schäfer will be responsible for the commercial management with immediate effect and will also continue to be responsible for all projects and productions relating to the core brand Dandelion (Löwenzahn). Maitz …

COLOGNE: WDR mediagroup has brought on two new team members for its content division, Nicole Offergeld and Julia Jaensch. Offergeld joins as sales manager of international, while Jaensch becomes manager of acquisitions and co-productions. Offergeld joins from Red Arrow International, where she most recently served as junior sales manager, with …

MADRID: Spain’s Boomerang TV Group has restructured its entertainment division, naming two new appointments in an effort to boost the unit so it can take on new projects. Susana Pérez has been tapped to be the division’s deputy general director, with Eva Sanz joining the team as coordinator of content. …

LONDON: The retailer Carrefour has partnered with OTT platform provider Saffron Digital to launch a new multiplatform entertainment service in France, Nolim Films. The service is now live, offering customers the ability to buy and rent TV series and movies on smartphones, tablets, televisions and computers. At launch, Nolim Films …