Kristin Brzoznowski

NEW YORK: Last night's broadcast of the 88th annual Academy Awards pulled in the show's lowest overnight ratings since 2008, according to early Nielsen figures.

MIAMI: The bilingual soccer network GolTV has scored the exclusive U.S. broadcasting rights for the 2016 Coppa Italia semi-finals and championship match.

According to Adobe Digital Index's latest Digital Video Benchmark report, the number of TV Everywhere users increased 22 percent in Q4 2015, particularly due to special programming such as the fall TV premieres and sports-related content. Authenticated video viewing continued to steadily grow throughout 2015, with most months showing increases in video viewing over the previous month.

SILVER SPRING: The U.S. streaming service Acorn TV has picked up a second season of the British comedy Detectorists and a sixth run of the drama Vera.

NEW YORK: America's Next Top Model is being reinvented for a debut on VH1, with Tyra Banks returning as executive producer but not appearing on the show.

LOS ANGELES: Philip Han, who has been with Saban Capital Group since April 2002, has been promoted to executive VP and chief investment officer.

The U.S. television sector saw a 1 percent increase in ad spending in January, according to Standard Media Index’s (SMI) latest data, with broadcast networks showing a 9 percent gain. Broadcast ad revenues were driven by healthy network ratings in January, which included the rebooted classic of The X-Files and bumper audiences for football.

LONDON: Gary Marenzi, who previously served as president of Paramount International Television and MGM Worldwide Television, has been hired by IMG as head of entertainment sales and partnerships.

The six leading pay-TV services in the U.S. gained 125,000 subscribers overall in the last quarter of 2015, but collectively shed 781,000 subs over the year, according to informitv's Multiscreen Index. While four of the five leading services lost television subscribers over the year, only two reported subscriber losses in the last quarter of 2015.

BURBANK: Channing Dungey has been named president of ABC Entertainment, succeeding Paul Lee, who has decided to step down.