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NEW YORK: Netflix and Comcast have reached an agreement that will see the streaming service being made available through the cable operator's X1 set-top box later this year.

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix has clinched a deal to remain the exclusive U.S. subscription TV service for previous seasons of scripted series broadcast on The CW.

LOS ANGELES: Mark Cuban is hosting a five-week summer concert series on AXS TV featuring The Monkees, Village People and more.

LOS ANGELES: MarVista Entertainment has added to its distribution portfolio 14 new movies, including several that are slated to air in the U.S. on Lifetime, Hallmark and UP.

BEVERLY HILLS: Data science company Parrot Analytics has appointed industry veterans Bruce Tuchman and David Bishop to its board of directors.

STAMFORD: NBC Olympics has entered into an exclusive pact with Samsung for virtual reality coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

LAS VEGAS: The Council for Research Excellence (CRE) has released new findings from a study that shows that television outperforms digital platforms—computers, smartphones and tablets—when it comes to viewer ad attention and recall.

By 2022, U.S. TV station owners will receive $11.6 billion in retransmission fees from multichannel operators, according to SNL Kagan. U.S. retrans fees hit $6.4 billion last year and are set to reach $7.7 billion this year, a 20-percent gain. SNL Kagan observes that while retrans fees are gaining, including annual increases in dollar-per-subscription rates, margins are under pressure.

SAN FRANCISCO: Marc DeBevoise has been promoted within CBS Interactive, now taking on the post of president and COO.

LOS ANGELES: MGM has renewed its global home-entertainment deal with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment through June 2020.