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BBC Studios has appointed Grant Welland as chief operating officer for the U.K. region distribution and UKTV.

Cassian Harrison, currently channel editor of BBC Four, has been appointed senior VP of commissioning and content global services at BBC Studios for a nine-month term.

Sarah Monteith has been tapped to fill the newly created role of managing director at Baby Cow Productions.

BBC Studios has elevated Maggy Chan to the newly created role of managing director of its global distribution division.

BBC Studios has appointed Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway Executive Producer Pete Ogden to the position of creative director of entertainment North.

The BBC has said that it welcomes findings from the National Audit Office (NAO) regarding the creation of BBC Studios and has outlined responses to some of the report's criticisms.

BBC Studios and Yandex have agreed to a major output deal for content in Russia and the CIS, under which KinoPoisk HD will become the VOD home for Doctor Who.

The BBC Studios Production Comedy team has signed an exclusive deal with Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, the BAFTA- and RTS Award-winning creators of Inside No 9.

In the first full financial year since the merger with BBC Worldwide, BBC Studios has delivered record returns of £243 million ($307 million) to the BBC, up from £210 million ($265 million) the previous year.

BBC Studios and Discovery have announced the completion of the UKTV split, with Discovery taking full ownership of the venture’s lifestyle channels and BBC Studios controlling the entertainment channels.