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BBC Studios has appointed Chief Creative Officer Mark Linsey to take charge of its portfolio of production relationships, managing partnerships with indies and BBC Studios Production.

The BBC faces significant challenges from competitors and ongoing financial pressures, the pubcaster said in its 2017-18 annual report, while also touting the performance of BBC Studios, which delivered a profit in its first year as a commercial subsidiary.

BBC Studios has sold a range of programming, including Top Gear and Call the Midwife, to digital platforms in Russia.

BBC Studios has appointed Philipp Schmid as general manager for the company's German business, a newly created position based in Cologne.

The newly merged BBC Studios has put in place the rest of its new leadership team, while BBC Worldwide’s chief content officer, Helen Jackson, is leaving the company after 31 years.

The soon-to-be-integrated BBC Studios and BBC Worldwide venture has announced four senior appointments to its Executive Committee ahead of its formal launch in April 2018.

The BBC is combining BBC Studios and BBC Worldwide into a single commercial organization.

Suzy Lamb has been appointed as the genre director of entertainment and music at BBC Studios.

Hannah Wyatt, currently the managing director of Boundless, is set to join BBC Studios as genre director for factual entertainment and events.

Chris Sussman, BBC Studios’ head of comedy, has named James Farrell head of development at the BBC's commercial TV production division, effective immediately.