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The board of governors of the Television Academy has elected Frank Scherma as its new chairman and CEO, succeeding Hayma Washington.

Brian Goldsmith has re-upped as COO of Lionsgate, with oversight of corporate management issues, M&A activities, strategic partnerships and investments.

A24, the outfit behind Oscar winner Moonlight, will produce multiple feature films for Apple as part of a multiyear agreement.

Double-digit gains at Paramount helped to lift Viacom's fourth-quarter revenues by 5 percent to $3.5 billion.

Sean Cohan is leaving his role as the president of international and digital media at A+E Networks to become president of Brent Montgomery's Wheelhouse Entertainment.

Consumers are spending less time on live broadcasts on their television sets, according to Parks Associates, but live viewing on internet-connected devices is on the rise.

Blumhouse Television will produce eight thematically connected feature films for Amazon Prime Video, to be directed by "diverse and underrepresented filmmakers." 

World Screen Newsflash’s Anna Carugati met with Over Water stars Tom Dewispelaere and Natali Broods, as well as writers Tom Lenaerts and Paul Baeten Gronda and executive producer Kato Maes, to discuss the themes in the series and how it all came together.

Cardi B, Chance the Rapper and T.I. are on board Rhythm + Flow, Netflix’s first music competition show, which searches for the next breakout hip-hop star.

Activate's newly released Tech & Media Outlook 2019 explores cord-cutting and SVOD subscriber projections for the next few years and estimates that global media and internet revenues will hit $2.2 trillion in 2022, up from $1.8 trillion this year.