Kristin Brzoznowski

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.

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).

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

NEW YORK: As part of its upfront presentation, MTV announced its first weekly live music performance series in nearly 20 years, Wonderland, debuting this fall, along with an all-new, rebooted MTV Unplugged.

LOS ANGELES: Broad Green Pictures and Amazon have entered into a multiyear output deal, through which Prime Video becomes the exclusive premium subscription home to a slate of upcoming theatrical films.

ATHENS: Deutschland 83 and Mr. Robot are among the latest batch of winners for this year's Peabody Awards.

LOS ANGELES: HBO has handed renewals to Game of Thrones, Veep and Silicon Valley for 2017.

NEW YORK: BET presented a range of scripted and unscripted originals coming to the network later this year, including the anthology series Tales, from executive producer Irv Gotti Lorenzo.

NEW YORK/ENGLEWOOD: DISH Network and Viacom have agreed to terms for a multiyear contract renewal, one that sees select Viacom live and VOD content joining the Sling TV single- and multi-stream services.

NEW YORK: NBCUniversal's ad-free comedy streaming channel Seeso will be offered as part of a special subscription option for Amazon Prime members.