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LONDON: Tony Hall, the director-general of the BBC, has unveiled the creation of BBC Studios, a new production division that will operate independently of BBC Television. The move is part of the BBC's previously announced plans to reshape BBC Production. The new BBC Studios production division would be a separate …

HELSINKI: Ruutu+, a streaming service owned by Finnish media company Nelonen Media, is slated to air all episodes of the scripted series Northern Mishaps next month. The comedy is written by and stars comedians Tommi Korpela and Janne Reinikainen. Bufo produces the title for Nelonen Media. The series will be …

PARIS: MIPTV has lined up a special Focus on the Nordics, to feature more than 20 broadcasters, producers, creatives, distributors and digital media players from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The conference lineup will include the Show-and-Tell: The Nordic Innovators, which will examine the Nordic culture of innovation that has …

LONDON: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and OCS have agreed on a multiyear volume deal giving the French pay-TV operator exclusive access to a wide range of box-office hits and award-winning TV series. OCS scored the exclusive first-run rights for all of SPT’s new feature films, including Elysium, White House Down, …

STOCKHOLM: Jakob Mejlhede Andersen, who has been serving as the senior VP of acquisitions and programming at MTG for the last six years, has been elevated to the executive VP post within that segment. In the new role, Mejlhede Andersen will be responsible for content acquisition, programming and development for …

LONDON: ITV reported strong revenue growth for 2014, with pre-tax profit up 23 percent to £712 million ($1.09 billion) and a 6 percent gain in net ad revenue. Group external revenue was up 8 percent to £2.6 billion ($3.9 billion), and for the fifth year in a row ITV achieved …

STOCKHOLM: Endemol Shine Group has reshaped its Nordic businesses to form Endemol Shine Nordics, with the combined operations representing the largest production group in the region. Endemol Shine Nordics will incorporate group companies in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland, among them Meter Television, STO-CPH Produktion, Filmlance International, Friday TV, Mag5 …

LUXEMBOURG: RTL Group’s digital revenue continued to show dynamic growth in 2014, though overall revenue for the group was relatively flat for the full year. Reported group revenue was stable at 5.81 billion euros ($6.4 billion). Higher revenue from Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland and from acquisitions—consolidation of BroadbandTV, SpotXchange and 495 …

LONDON: DRG has inked exclusive first-look deals with three British indies, all aimed at boosting its drama development roster. One of the deals is with Three River Fiction (TRF), which focuses on creating high-end drama productions and popular returning series for U.K. and international broadcasters. The distributor will have first …

PARIS: As part of a new four-year deal, pan-European network Eurosport is slated to broadcast Major League Soccer (MLS) matches across most of its territories starting this month. The agreement covers all of the channel’s European territories except for the U.K. The first game of the North American league to …