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HELSINKI: Yellow Film & TV producer Anna Hallenberg has been lined up to become the creative director of ITV Studios Finland, effective September 21. In her new role, Hallenberg will work under Aram Aflatuni, the CEO of ITV Studios Finland. She will be charged with developing new programming and working …

LONDON: While Liberty Global has been the largest pay-TV operator in Europe for some time, Sky Europe is expected to overtake its subscriber count in Western Europe in 2017, according to Digital TV Research. Liberty Global’s subscriber count will dip, as the company has to try to convert 8 million …

LONDON: The BBC and NFL have inked a new two-year rights deal that includes live coverage of all three International Series games at Wembley, along with the Super Bowl. Additionally, the new agreement includes a weekly highlights show on BBC Two and online. Titled The Road to the Super Bowl, …

BIARRITZ: International sales of French TV programs reached an all-time record of 153.8 million euros ($171 million) in 2014, up 12.1 percent on the previous year, driven by fiction programming in particular. Exports (sales and presales) increased by 17.1 percent to reach 210.3 million euros ($234.8 million), a historic record. …

LONDON: AMC Networks International – Zone has teamed with European pay-TV provider M7 Group to launch a new HD feed of Outdoor Channel in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belgium and the Netherlands. The network will be available as a new second feed in those countries starting September 15. It will …

CEO Tim Davie highlights BBC Worldwide’s key accomplishments in the last year and sees potential for growth in several areas. WS: What has been some of BBCWW’s best-selling content? DAVIE: Core brands like Dancing with the Stars and Doctor Who have continued to go from strength to strength. In the …

LONDON: Sky Sports is continuing its partnership with the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) for three more seasons, guaranteeing subscribers up to 30 live matches per season. The deal runs through the end of the 2019-20 season. SPFL will be available to Sky Sports subscribers on mobile, laptop and certain …

PARIS: Vivendi has acquired the Studios de Boulogne facilities in Paris, where two of CANAL+'s leading TV shows, Le Grand Journal and Canal Football Club, are being produced. The studio was established in the early 1940s and was the setting for more than 300 French features, including La dame aux …

LONDON: SVOD service MUBI has inked a multi-year licensing deal with Paramount Pictures that will make the studio’s library of content available to U.K. subscribers for the first time. Through the deal, films such as No Country for Old Men, Mission: Impossible, Zoolander, Roman Holiday and Revolutionary Road will join …

LONDON: Sky has officially taken over 100 percent ownership of Sky Deutschland, completing the acquisition of the remaining 4 percent minority shareholding earlier today.  Jeremy Darroch, Sky’s group chief executive, said: “The full acquisition of Sky Deutschland is the latest step in creating an even stronger business for the future. …