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Laugh Out Loud, the comedy brand and multiplatform network founded by Kevin Hart in collaboration with Lionsgate, is launching its streaming video service early next month.

FremantleMedia has promoted Rob Siegel to the post of global head of mergers and acquisitions and corporate development for FremantleMedia Group, as Caroline Murphy, the director of strategy and M&A, leaves the company this summer to pursue other opportunities.

Netflix is prepping a live-action series based on The Umbrella Academy comics and graphic novels created and written by Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance) and illustrated by Gabriel Bá.

CBS Studios International (CBSSI) has hired Warner Bros. alum Nick Macrae as senior VP of legal and business affairs for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Of all the new programs that launched globally in June, TNT's NBA Awards drummed up the most buzz on social media, according to The WIT.

Banijay Group has raised €365 million ($416 million) and plans to use some of the capital to finance the acquisition of Castaway Television Productions, the creator and rights owner of the hit format Survivor.

While AMC Studios has been ramping up production, with upcoming highlights that include the anthology drama The Terror, it is also making a concerted effort to find “the best possible home for its content internationally,” according to Valerie Cabrera, the company’s senior VP of distribution.

The Q1 2017 Australian Video Viewing Report finds that television remains by far the most-watched screen in Australia, though it is seeing an accelerating decline.

Pay-TV subscriptions for 522 operators reached 839 million in 2016, or 87 percent of the 959 million global subscribers, according to Digital TV Research.

Sonja Brugger has been named VP of acquisitions for Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa.