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AT&T Inc. and TPG Capital are establishing a new standalone company that will own and operate DIRECTV, AT&T TV and U-verse video services.

Portfolio Entertainment has secured the global distribution rights to the six-part comedy series Decoys, which it will launch at Digital MIPTV.

The Paramount+ streaming service is to feature more than 30,000 episodes, 2,500 movie titles and over 1,000 live sporting events, plus around-the-clock news coverage, with highlights such as a Frasier revival and Grease prequel series. 

Laurence Herszberg, founder and general director of Series Mania, talks about its new initiatives as well as the 2021 edition of the event, which is scheduled to take place in Lille, France, and the Hauts-de-France region from August 26 to September 2.

Revenues at ViacomCBS rose by 3 percent in the fourth quarter to $6.9 billion, delivering net earnings from continuing operations of $783 million.

HiddenLight Productions, founded by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sam Branson and Chelsea Clinton, has appointed Siobhan Sinnerton to the new role of creative director and senior VP of unscripted.

BBC Studios and ITV have tapped Reemah Sakaan to be BritBox International’s new CEO.

The classic video game franchise Frogger is being adapted as a live-action physical competition series for Peacock.

Disney+ has officially launched the general-entertainment Star brand today in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Europe.

The rate of cord-cutting in the U.S. and Canada has slowed, according to Digital TV Research, which projects that the number of pay-TV subs in North America will fall to 74 million in 2026.