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LONDON: BBC Two has unveiled a host of new commissions, including an adaptation of The City and the City. The City and the City is adapted by Tony Grisoni (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) from China Mielville’s fantasy thriller novel. It will be produced by Mammoth Screen. Set in …

STOCKHOLM: MTG has completed the acquisition of the shares in Turtle Entertainment, the world’s largest e-sports company, which operates the ESL brand. With this, MTG has completed all of the three digital acquisitions announced in July. The company will now focus on enabling them to expand even faster by leveraging …

PREMIUM: Director-General Thomas Bellut explains to TV Europe how ZDF has been reaching out to younger viewers on the main channel and online. TV EUROPE: ZDF had strong ratings in 2014. What contributed to such good performance and how have ratings been so far in 2015? BELLUT: Indeed, ZDF was …

POTSDAM/LONDON: Nico Hofmann has been appointed co-CEO of UFA Group, which is the German production arm of FremantleMedia, sharing the post with Wolf Bauer. The appointment is part of a new two-year transition, which will see Hofmann take over sole CEO responsibilities in September 2017, allowing Bauer to focus on …

ZAGREB: The Serbian IPTV platform mts TV has added the SVOD service Pickbox.tv to its offering.  As of today, the platform is able to offer thousands of hours of Pickbox's content to its users. Pickbox.tv was launched in May 2014 across Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Montenegro. …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has for the first time struck a deal with YouTube talent, teaming up with vloggers Joe Sugg and Caspar Lee for an exclusive commission. That project, titled Joe & Caspar Hit the Road, will be a one-off 75-minute-plus show set for purchase starting November 23 in the …

UKTV CEO Darren Childs tells TV Europe about what has been driving the television company’s growth. TV EUROPE: What has been driving UKTV’s growth? CHILDS: It’s been driven by the audience. One of the things we track and monitor is our share of commercial viewing—comparing ourselves to our commercial counterparts …

MADRID: Vodafone Spain has signed an agreement that will see Netflix become available on a Spanish TV platform for the first time. Using the Netflix app, Vodafone TV homes will be able to watch a broad variety of series, films documentaries and kids' titles through their set-top box. Netflix will …

LONDON: FOX International Channels UK is launching its first free-to-air entertainment network, YourTV. Launching October 1, the channel will broadcast for 20 hours each day, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. YourTV will be primarily targeted to women, featuring real-life stories, audacious characters and inspirational advice. Programming highlights include Corrupt …

PARIS: Vivendi's Vincent Bolloré has been appointed chairman of the CANAL+ Group supervisory board, as part of a larger management restructure. The supervisory board also appointed two additional members: Julien Verley and Jean-Christophe Thiery. Thiery will become the chairman of the CANAL+ Group management board, while Maxime Saada continues as …