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July 11, 2018 Top Stories

Lionsgate Inks Overall Pact with Justin Simien

July 11, 2018

The creator, writer and producer of Dear White People, Justin Simien, has entered into a pact with Lionsgate Television Group.

July 10, 2018 Top Stories

Philo Raises Additional Funding

July 10, 2018

Philo, the live-streaming service for entertainment, lifestyle and knowledge programming, has raised an additional $40 million from existing investors, led by AMC Networks, Discovery and Viacom.

June 29, 2018 Top Stories

Sling TV Adds À La Carte Options

June 29, 2018

Live streaming OTT operator Sling TV is now allowing consumers to purchase à la carte channel packages without a base subscription to the service.

June 26, 2018 Top Stories

Hulu Adds Slate of MTV, Nick Shows

June 26, 2018

Hulu has added hundreds of library episodes of shows from the Viacom portfolio to its lineup, including the MTV classic Daria and Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush, among others.

June 22, 2018 Top Stories

ABC Slates Roseanne Spin-off

June 22, 2018

ABC has given a straight-to-series order to The Conners, a spin-off of the canceled Roseanne, for this fall starring John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert, Lecy Goranson and Michael Fishman.

June 22, 2018 Top Stories

AT&T Unveils New Skinny Bundle

June 22, 2018

On the heels of closing its acquisition of Time Warner, AT&T has unveiled a new video package delivering 30-plus live-streaming channels and 15,000-plus TV shows and movies on demand.

June 22, 2018 Top Stories

eOne Inks First-Look Deal with Cedar Park

June 22, 2018

Entertainment One (eOne) has signed a two-year first-look agreement with Cedar Park Entertainment, the new production company set up by ex-Audience Network executive Chris Long and Bright director David Ayer.

June 21, 2018 Analysis, Top Stories

50-Plus Percent of U.S. Millennials Have Two OTT Subscriptions

June 21, 2018

A new study from Parks Associates indicates that more than 85 percent of millennials in U.S. broadband homes pay for at least one OTT service, while more than 50 percent subscribe to at least two.

June 20, 2018 Top Stories

Starz Added to YouTube TV

June 20, 2018

The Starz and Starz Encore premium pay-TV channels are now accessible from YouTube TV for $9 a month.

June 20, 2018 Top Stories

PGA, Facebook Watch in Live Streaming Deal

June 20, 2018

Facebook has inked a deal with PGA Tour to live stream exclusive Saturday and Sunday coverage from eight tournaments leading up to the FedExCup Playoffs in the 2017-18 season.

Mansha Daswani