Endemol Shine is rolling out four digital linear channels with the U.S.-based ad-supported streaming service STIRR.

Cinedigm has partnered with Quincy Newell and his company, TwentyOne14 Media, to launch a new multicultural entertainment and lifestyle network.

Pluto TV is set to offer viewers in the U.S. more than 100,000 unique hours of content with a slate that includes 40 new properties from CBS and Comedy Central.

Pulse Films has signed NYC-based filmmaker Haley Elizabeth Anderson (Pillars) to its talent roster.

The Cartel, a U.S.-based production, finance and management firm, has appointed Ryan Saul as manager and producer and promoted Bradford Bricken to partner.

Tomorrow Studios, a partnership between Marty Adelstein and ITV Studios, has finalized a joint venture with Emmy Award winner Nick Weidenfeld for the animation studio Work Friends.

Roku has added three Blue Ant Media linear channels—Love Nature, Love Nature Español and ZooMoo—to The Roku Channel in the U.S.

Catalina Content, a Sky Studios company, has expanded its West Coast headquarters in Los Angeles with the appointments of Brent Jacoby, Peter Huntley and Ryan Doody.

Endemol Shine Group has entered into a strategic content partnership with VIZIO to bring entertainment channels to VIZIO SmartCast users across the U.S.

Back Roads Entertainment has appointed Pamela Covais to the post of VP of production.