According to eMarketer’s latest U.S. pay TV/OTT forecast, the number of cord-cutters is expected to climb 32.8 percent this year to 33 million.

Carol Mendelsohn and Julie Weitz, principals of Carol Mendelsohn Productions, have signed an exclusive overall producing deal with Universal Television.

Louis Shaw Milito and Phil Conserva (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) have launched an independent production company, Boilermaker Entertainment, to create and produce drama series, feature films and unscripted programming.

Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan and his High Bridge Productions company have signed a new three-year overall deal to remain at Sony Pictures Television, continuing their exclusive 11-year partnership.

U.S. broadcast station mergers and acquisitions (M&A) volume reached $5.11 billion in the second quarter, the largest quarterly deal volume since the second quarter of 2007, according to Kagan.

FOX has ordered a second season of the summer series Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back.

VH1 has greenlit RuPaul’s Drag Race for a new season, as well as its aftershow, RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked.

CBS Corporation has formed CBS Experiences (CBSX), a new experiential events division focused on expanding the reach of CBS programming and properties through live and interactive encounters.

Magical Elves, which produced the first five seasons of Project Runway on Bravo, has been tapped for the show's new iteration as it returns to the network.

FX has ordered a third season of Donald Glover's original comedy series Atlanta.