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Popular and critically acclaimed films and TV shows have become more digitally accessible in the U.S. than in previous years, according to a new SNL Kagan report. The new study, titled U.S. Availability of Film and TV Titles in the Digital Age, found that 98 percent of premium films and 94 percent of premium TV series were digitally available on at least one of the 33 online VOD distributors and 14 TV Everywhere on-demand services reviewed.

MUNICH: Red Arrow International has appointed Shirley Bowers, who previously worked at National Geographic Channels, as its new VP of sales and acquisitions for North America.

NEW YORK: A&E is developing a new sketch-comedy, music and showcase series starring and executive produced by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson.

LOS ANGELES: ABC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television Group have agreed to an unprecedented stacking-rights deal for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 broadcast seasons.

LOS ANGELES: Veteran programming executive and producer David Eilenberg, who most recently worked at Turner, has been tapped as president of ITV America’s newly named production company, ITV Entertainment.

UNIVERSAL CITY: Dawn Olmstead has been appointed to the expanded role of executive VP of development at Universal Cable Productions (UCP) and Wilshire Studios.

ENGLEWOOD: DISH has filed a lawsuit accusing NBCUniversal of breach of contract over statements made about their carriage negotiations.

The CEO talks about the company’s continued ability to adapt to the changing media market, by maintaining its entrepreneurial culture and focusing on being a pure play content company.

The downward trajectory of the U.S. multichannel segment continued in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to a recent report from SNL Kagan, despite a resurgence in cable subscriptions and solid direct-broadcast satellite (DBS) results. SNL Kagan estimates the combined cable, DBS and telecommunications (telco) sectors lost more than 1 million video customers in 2015.

NEW YORK: Bravo Media and Mashable are working together to co-produce four short-form originals for their respective social and digital platforms.