LOS ANGELES: IM Global has hired John Zois, a former EuropaCorp exec, as senior VP of acquisitions for the independent entertainment studio.

New findings from GfK reveal that one-quarter (25 percent) of all U.S. TV households are now going without cable and satellite reception.

MANILA: Turner Asia Pacific is slated to roll out Cartoon Network apps on mobile devices in the Philippines as part of a deal with local mobile brand Globe Telecom.

BOCA RATON/MANILA: Grom Social parent company Grom Holdings has acquired 100 percent of Top Draw Animation (TDA), an award-winning Filipino production company.

SEATTLE: Amazon has opted in for two additional seasons of the comedy Catastrophe, produced for the U.K. broadcaster Channel 4.

NEW YORK: Next month, Smithsonian Channel is slated to begin airing Behind the Lost Empires, a new programming block focused on the secrets of ancient civilizations from around the world.

According to Zenith’s Online Video Forecasts 2016 report, mobile devices will overtake "fixed devices" this year to become the main platform for viewing online video. The firm is forecasting that consumers will spend an average of 19.7 minutes a day viewing online videos on their mobile devices (smartphones and tablets), compared to 16 minutes on fixed devices (both desktop computers and smart TV sets).

BURBANK: Actress Zelda Williams (Dead of Summer) has come on board Freeform’s unscripted series The Letter, slated to premiere later this year.

LONDON: Lifetime and Women in Film & TV UK (WFTV UK) are launching a short film competition that recognizes the work of women behind the camera, as part of A+E Networks’s Broad Focus initiative.

MIAMI: Pasiones, a Hemisphere Media Group network dedicated to telenovelas, has picked up the Globo title Trail of Lies (Rastros de Mentiras).