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LONDON: Colette Foster, joint managing director of Remarkable Television, has decided to leave the company after eight years. After joining Remarkable, an Endemol Shine Group company, in 2007 as executive producer, Foster went on to develop and oversee numerous factual-entertainment hits. She took on her current role in 2009. Foster …

PARIS: Terranoa has sold GRIP: Das Motormagazin, a ready-made motoring program from the catalogue of Germany's Autentic Distribution, to L'Équipe 21 in France. Hosted by four professional drivers, GRIP: Das Motormagazin attracts millions of viewers on Germany's RTL 2 every week. The show, produced by Focus TV, also has a dedicated …

LONDON: Pay-TV penetration is expected to increase in Western Europe from 56.7 percent at the end of 2014 to 60.4 percent in 2020, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. So, even though Western Europe is showing signs of market maturity, cord-cutting is still not making much of …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has picked up a 25 percent stake in Curve Media, after having invested in the company as a start-up. BBC Worldwide will continue to have a first-look option to acquire global distribution rights (including format rights) in all media for all programs developed by Curve until 2019. …

LONDON: The Tinopolis Group has brought in Sky Entertainment Commissioner Chris Brogden to serve as its first creative director of entertainment. Brogden will be responsible for working with Tinopolis’ 17 U.K. and U.S. companies to develop new entertainment formats that can be made across the group. Brogden will report jointly …

LONDON: Sara Geater, who previously served as CEO of FremantleMedia U.K., has been appointed as chief operating officer of All3Media. Geater had been elected chair of PACT in 2014, after having spent seven years at FremantleMedia U.K., most recently serving as its CEO. Prior to this, she was the head …

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has acquired a minority stake in the indie Monumental Television, which was founded by the film producers Alison Owen and Debra Hayward. Owen previously founded Ruby Film and Television, which produced the Oscar-nominated movies Saving Mr. Banks and Jane Eyre, as well as …

PARIS: Federation Entertainment Group has tapped Lionel Uzan for the newly created role of managing director, effective June 1. Uzan, who will also be a partner in the company, is set to work out of the studio’s Paris headquarters and report directly to Federation CEO Pascal Breton. The exec will …

ROME: The board of directors at Mediaset have elected Pier Silvio Berlusconi as its new deputy chairman and chief executive. Pier Silvio Berlusconi is the son of Mediaset founder and former Italy prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. He also retains his role as VP of the company. He is to replace …

LONDON: Sky and Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) have renewed their commercial partnership in the U.K. and Ireland for an additional five years, enlarging their advertising-sales relationship to include Channel 5's portfolio. This means that Viacom's pay-TV channels will continue to be available in all Sky homes. The agreement also …