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RIO DE JANEIRO: NBC Olympics’ live streaming for Rio 2016 topped 1 billion minutes, marking the first time the milestone has ever been crossed for an Olympics.

Looking down the line at the next ten years, SNL Kagan has given a sunny outlook for what's ahead in the U.S. cable industry. Residential revenues are projected to increase from $108.38 billion in 2016 to $117.7 billion in 2026, or $9.32 billion over the ten-year period.

LOS ANGELES: CBS has renewed its hit summer series Zoo for a third season, which will air in 2017.

SAN FRANCISCO: Discovery Digital Networks has appointed Bernard Ho, a seasoned senior digital exec, as its VP of partnerships and development.

LOS ANGELES: Marc Platt and Thomas Kail, who both served as producers on the ratings hit Grease: Live, have each separately signed deals with Twentieth Century Fox Television.

STUDIO CITY: CBS Television Studios has entered into a development deal with Fulwell 73, a U.K.-based indie producer that counts as partners Ben Winston, Leo Pearlman, Ben Turner and Gabe Turner.

The ten leading pay-TV services in the U.S. lost 663,000 subscribers between them in the second quarter of 2016, according to the latest informitv Multiscreen Index, which emphasizes how mergers and acquisitions have reshaped this segment.

SYDNEY/NEW YORK: Escapade Media has appointed Jessica Stonehouse as head of sales, partnerships and business development for the U.K. and U.S.

NEW YORK: NBCUniversal is producing original episodic shows for Snapchat through a multiyear content and advertising partnership, with The Voice on Snapchat slated to premiere this month.

SUNNYVALE: Yahoo has unveiled the new service Yahoo View, a TV-watching site that will feature content from Hulu.