Sara Alessi

Verizon, in partnership with Granity Studios and Believe Entertainment Group, has launched Kobe Bryant’s Dear Basketball on go90 and across its Yahoo Sports, AOL and Complex platforms.

AMC Networks International (AMCNI) - UK has promoted Louise Cottrell to the post of senior VP of affiliate sales, with a focus on the EMEA region.

In a continued effort to crack down on inappropriate videos, YouTube is expanding its content moderation staff, bringing the total number of people working across Google to address the issue to more than 10,000 in 2018.

Fight Sports has unveiled its December lineup, which will feature HBO World Championship Boxing titles and GLORY Redemption, among other highlights.

NextUp, an online VOD platform focused on British stand-up comedy, is making its content available to Prime members via Amazon Channels.

Bell Media’s Exploration Production Inc. (EPI) is producing the new Canadian original series Disasters at Sea (working title), which has been commissioned by Discovery Canada, with international broadcast partners Smithsonian Channel in the U.S. and Seven Network in Australia.

The fifth edition of The Innovative TV Conference (INTV) will feature a lineup of speakers that initially includes Fox Television Group Co-Chairman and Co-CEO Gary Newman, Showtime President and CEO David Nevins, and Entertainment One (eOne) CEO Darren Throop.

YouTube Red has given the go-ahead to Liza On Demand from digital star Liza Koshy and the team behind Josie & The Pussycats and Mary + Jane.

Kew Media Group has appointed former Entertainment One (eOne) Television exec Carrie Stein to the newly created role of executive VP of global scripted series.

The first-ever JCS International Young Creatives Award was presented to three winners at the 2017 International Emmy World Television Festival.