LOS ANGELES: Viola Davis and Julius Tennon and their production company, JuVee Productions, have entered into an overall deal with ABC Studios and ABC Signature Studios.

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SAN CARLOS/SAN JOSE: Rovi Corporation is acquiring DVR-maker TiVo for around $1.1 billion.

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PHILADELPHIA: Revenue at NBCUniversal increased 3.9 percent to $6.9 billion in the first quarter of 2016, with its cable networks and theme parks businesses offsetting declines at filmed entertainment and broadcast TV.

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CULVER CITY: Sheraton Kalouria has been elevated to president & chief marketing officer for Sony Pictures Television (SPT).

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TORONTO/LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) is building on its relationship with Haven producers Shawn Piller and Lloyd Segan and their production company, Piller Segan, with a multiyear TV first-look agreement.

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ATLANTA: Turner is launching its first direct-to-consumer product in the U.S., FilmStruck, a movie streaming service managed by Turner Classic Movies (TCM) in collaboration with the Criterion Collection.

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WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Department of Justice has cleared the way for Charter Communications to complete its $78 billion proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable (TWC) and its related $10.4 billion acquisition of Bright House Networks (BHN) from Advance/Newhouse Partnership, with some conditions.

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LOS ANGELES: Fullscreen, which is launching its SVOD platform tomorrow, has partnered with best-selling author and screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis for his directorial debut on a new series, The Deleted.

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Leichtman Research Group reports that internet-connected TV devices now represent greater numbers than pay-TV set-top boxes in the U.S. According to new findings, 65 percent of U.S. TV households have at least one television set connected to the internet via a video game system, a smart TV set, a Blu-ray player and/or a stand-alone device (like Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast or Amazon Fire TV).

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SANTA MONICA/BELLEVUE: Lionsgate has become one of the first major studios to license films to Valve Corporation's Steam digital distribution platform.

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