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ATLANTA: Valerie Meraz has been elevated to the post of senior VP of content acquisitions and strategy for Turner’s entertainment networks.

LOS ANGELES: YouTube is venturing into streaming live TV with the newly unveiled YouTube TV, which will be available for $35 per month.

NEW YORK: FilmRise, a movie and television distribution company, has appointed industry veteran Melissa Wohl as head of sales.

PHILADELPHIA/SAN BRUNO: Comcast and Google have struck a deal that will see the YouTube app being launched on the Xfinity X1 platform.

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK: PactUS has formed new alliances with the multiplatform video network-focused Global Online Video Association (GOVA) and the digital content transactional law firm Ginsburg Daniels Kallis.

LOS ANGELES: Brian Robbins has stepped down as CEO of AwesomenessTV, the global entertainment media brand for Generation Z that he co-founded.

LOS ANGELES: Sonar Entertainment has entered into a first-look deal with Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions that encompasses all content for TV, including digital.

NEW YORK: Soumya Sriraman has been appointed as president for North America of the soon-to-launch SVOD service BritBox, a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and ITV.

NEW YORK: Keith Cox has been given the newly expanded position of president of development and production for Viacom's Paramount Network and TV Land.

LOS ANGELES: FOX has renewed the Kaitlin Olson-led comedy The Mick for a sophomore season.