Joanna Padovano Tong

BEVERLY HILLS: Starz has released its first subscription streaming service, which is now available for download on Apple and Android devices.

NEW YORK: Comedy Central has unveiled renewals for seven series, including the hit show Tosh.0, and a season one extension for Not Safe with Nikki Glaser.

NEW YORK: FOX has ordered new seasons of the live-action comedy series The Last Man on Earth and Brooklyn Nine-Nine for the 2016-17 season.

BURBANK: ABC Entertainment and Marvel Television have launched Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Academy, a five-part digital original series that tests the physical and mental limits of a trio of super-fans.

BURBANK: As Bruce Rosenblum exits Legendary, where he served as president of television and digital media, the company has appointed seasoned producer Mary Parent as vice chairman of worldwide production.

LOS ANGELES: Lionsgate and Hulu have teamed up to acquire the North American rights for Jeff Baena's comedy feature film Joshy.

SILVER SPRING: Andrew Warren, who currently serves as Discovery Communications's chief financial officer, is slated to leave the company at the end of the year.

LOS ANGELES: FX has renewed Baskets, a comedy series starring Zach Galifianakis, for a second season that is due to debut early next year.

MIAMI: Univision Digital has launched a new animated comedy web series called Heads of Space, which features political satire focused on this year's presidential race in the U.S.

LOS ANGELES: Indigenous Media is launching an incubator program called Made By Women, which will see an acclaimed group of women serve as mentors for a new group of female writers and directors.