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Katharina Frömsdorf has been named CEO of German streamer Joyn.

Negotiations between Hollywood studios and actors’ union SAG-AFTRA broke down last week, ending hopes that the three-month strike by performers would quickly come to an end.

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating suspected anti-competitive behaviour relating to the hiring of freelance TV crew by the BBC, ITV and a number of indie production companies.

ITV has started offering linear addressable advertising across its ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and ITVBe networks in YouView homes, opening up addressable targeting for advertisers in live broadcast viewing across 1.3 million households.

German broadcasters ARD and ZDF have officially launched a joint streaming network which allows viewers to watch their shows on either of their platforms.

Eight European public service broadcasters have teamed for a joint TV drama commissioning initiative called New8.

Netflix has appointed Elizabeth Stone as Chief Technology Officer as part of reshuffle of several of senior executives in its advertising, technology and product divisions.

Paris-based production and distribution group Federation Studios has hired Marco Chimenz as Co-Managing Director.

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) president of international Gerhard Zeiler has unveiled his new international leadership team after a number of senior staff departures in recent weeks.

The major global streaming platforms will invest $42bn in original and acquired film and TV content in 2023, according to research by Ampere Analysis.