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LOS ANGELES: Chris Rock has been tapped to host next year’s Oscars, marking the comedian and filmmaker’s second time fronting the awards show. The 88th Academy Awards are set to be broadcast live on February 28 on ABC. The presentation …

SAN BRUNO: Google-owned YouTube is launching a subscription service, dubbed YouTube Red, which will offer original and exclusive videos for $9.99 per month. The service is set to launch officially on October 28, offering videos without ads and enabling users …

NEW YORK: Channel 4’s David Abraham, ITV’s Adam Crozier, BBC’s Tony Hall and Virgin Media’s Tom Mockridge took part in a conversation about the future of the industry at the RTS Cambridge Convention.   brightcove.createExperiences(); The footage was created by …

BETHPAGE/NEW YORK: Cablevision Systems Corporation and Viacom have resolved their legal case regarding a 2012 carriage agreement between the two companies. Cablevision originally filed a complaint alleging that Viacom was forcing it to carry and pay for "lesser-watched ancillary networks" …

VALLEY COTTAGE: The global VOD market is forecast to reach $263 billion by next year, with the Asia Pacific set to overtake Western Europe as the second-largest VOD territory by 2020, according to a Future Market Insights (FMI) report. The …

NEW YORK: Channel 4’s David Abraham, Sony Pictures Television’s Wayne Garvie, Endemol Shine Group’s Tim Hincks and Nick Southgate took part in a panel together at the RTS Cambridge Convention.   brightcove.createExperiences(); The footage was created by the Royal Television …

LOS GATOS: In its Q3 results, Netflix revealed that U.S. subscriber additions were below its forecast, pointing to the ongoing transition to chip-based credit and debit cards as a reason for "higher-than-expected involuntary churn." Global membership grew 3.62 million to …

NEW YORK: At this year's RTS Cambridge Convention, Josh Sapan, the president and CEO of AMC Networks, discussed the company's expansion with Tim Davie, the CEO of BBC Worldwide.   brightcove.createExperiences(); The footage was created by the Royal Television Society. …

LOS ANGELES: Go Go Luckey Entertainment and Eclipse Television—a joint venture between Kilburn Media and Demarest Media—have merged as part of a deal brokered exclusively by ACF. This is the first acquisition for the Eclipse banner, which is part of …

NEW YORK: David Zaslav, the president and CEO of Discovery Communications, was in conversation with Sir Howard Stringer at the RTS Cambridge Convention.   brightcove.createExperiences(); The footage was created by the Royal Television Society. It was recorded at the RTS …