Kristin Brzoznowski

SANTA MONICA: Having cleared all necessary regulatory approvals, Lionsgate has officially closed on its deal to acquire Starz for approximately $4.4 billion in cash and stock.

SANTA MONICA: Skydance Media has launched a new label, Uncharted, with a slate of film and TV projects that includes AMC's Dietland.

LOS ANGELES: The digital studio New Form has received $18 million in a series B round of funding, which saw ITV taking a minority stake in the company and initial investor Discovery Communications upping its investment.

SANTA MONICA: ZoneTV has acquired more than 1,000 videos from Bonnier Corp., with plans to curate the content into several new pay-TV channels.

NEW YORK: Boat Rocker Media and Shari Redstone's Advancit Capital are among the investors in the digital storytelling platform The Outline.

LOS ANGELES: Ice Cube's Cube Vision has entered into a first-look arrangement with 20th Century Fox TV and Fox 21 Television Studios.

LOS ANGELES: CBS Corporation has struck a multiyear deal that brings National Football League (NFL) games to its stand-alone digital platform CBS All Access.

LOS ANGELES: CBS has set its winter and spring schedules, which see the new crime drama Ransom taking a Saturday 8 p.m. slot.

KNOXVILLE: Philip Kent, who served as CEO of Turner Broadcasting System from 2003 to 2013, will be nominated to Scripps Networks Interactive's board of directors at its annual shareholder meeting in 2017.

SEATTLE: HBO and Cinemax have now been added to the offering of Amazon Channels, with Prime members able to sign up for unlimited streaming access to such hits as Westworld and Game of Thrones.