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ISTANBUL: Spain’s Televisión Española is slated to debut several new titles at this week’s DISCOP Istanbul, which also marks the company’s first year attending the event. Among TVE’s highlights is the third season of the historical drama Isabel, about Spain’s famous monarch. That show’s first two seasons already air on …

MUNICH: ProSiebenSat.1 is hailing 2014 as a record year for the group, as revenues increased by 10.4 percent to 2.876 billion euros ($3.23 billion). Recurring EBITDA increased by 7.2 percent to 847.3 million euros ($950 million). Underlying net income rose by 10.3 percent to 418.9 million euros ($469.8 million). Thomas …

LONDON: Diederick Santer and Dan Isaacs are to share the CEO role at Kudos, succeeding Jane Featherstone. Santer most recently served as managing director at Lovely Day, the label he established with Kudos in 2010, and was formerly responsible for the ITV hit series Grantchester. Isaacs, who joined Kudos in …

MUNICH: Henrik Ravn has been named chief operating officer and chief commercial officer for ProSiebenSat.1 Media's broadcasting German-speaking segment. In addition to coordinating development questions in the core business of free TV, Ravn will promote new pay and distribution initiatives. Alongside the free-TV stations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and …

LONDON: In a report examining the future of the BBC, the U.K.'s culture, media and sport committee said that the current license fee is "becoming harder to sustain" and suggests moving to a broadcasting levy on all households instead. The committee acknowledged that there "currently appears to be no better …

LONDON: Jane Turton has been named CEO of All3Media, giving her oversight of a production group that houses some 20 companies. Turton joined All3Media in October 2008 as director of business development and business affairs and deputy COO, before becoming COO in 2011. She had been leading the company on …

LIVERPOOL: BBC Worldwide has sold more than 2,300 hours of content to international digital platforms, including in the Middle East, Asia and Europe. At this year’s BBC Showcase, the distributor signed its first digital deal with Israel’s Cellcom for its upcoming OTT TV services. The lineup of drama titles acquired …

LONDON: Total average daily TV viewing in the U.K. during 2014 was 3 hours, 44 minutes, 30 seconds a day per person, a decline of 4.5 percent from 2013, as watching on traditional television sets dropped sharply while consumption on other screens grew year on year. Overall, there was a …

PARIS: Marie Schweitzer, formerly Banijay Group’s content manager, has been promoted to head of content for the company. Schweitzer will be responsible for all activities related to programs, overseeing the central development and creative team, as well as the market research department. Primarily, the exec will work on developing new …

PARIS: Yannick Bolloré, the chairman and CEO of the French advertising giant Havas, is to deliver an exclusive keynote speech at MIPTV. Bolloré will be discussing the future of media and entertainment in a keynote entitled “Content Redefined,” scheduled for Tuesday, April 14, at 12:10 p.m. in the Grand Auditorium …