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Banijay has confirmed Peter Langenberg as group COO, completing its central leadership team structure.

Trioscope Studios, a new studio dedicated to next-generation enhanced hybrid animation, has partnered with Juice, a Polish visual effects and sound studio, for the joint venture Trioscope Europe.

Banijay France has appointed Jean-Louis Blot as the CEO of EndemolShine Production (excluding scripted).

WarnerMedia EMEA has outlined the leadership teams across France and Benelux and across Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GAS).

The slump in the U.K. economy in Q2 2020 due to the pandemic-induced lockdown reduced advertising expenditure by close to one-third, according to Enders Analysis, recovering in Q3 and poised for a return to growth in 2021.

Starz has brought the StarzPlay streaming service to Molotov with its roster of originals such as Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult and Power Book II: Ghost.

James O’Reilly, who has spent more than ten years with Blast! Films, has been appointed as creative director of Twenty Twenty.

The BBC has restructured its television division in an effort to bring a new approach to commissioning, designed to reflect changing audience behavior, fuel the growth of BBC iPlayer and strengthen its content portfolio.

British media regulator Ofcom has warned that traditional U.K. broadcasting is unlikely to survive without a radical overhaul of regulations and an increased focus on transforming to meet the needs of the digital age.

Glasgow-based Compact Pictures is expanding with two new businesses—Compact Films and Compact Vibe—under the parent label and has appointed Laura McBride as head of development.