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LOS ANGELES: Relativity Media, which has now completed the financial arrangements necessary to emerge from Chapter 11, has confirmed that Dana Brunetti will be president of production, though Kevin Spacey will no longer be involved.

SANTA MONICA: Comic-Con International and Lionsgate have named their new SVOD platform Comic-Con HQ, which will roll out in beta on May 7 before making its official launch in June.

BURBANK: The CW has given early renewals to 11 of its prime-time series for the 2016-17 season, among them Arrow, returning for season five.

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.

NEW YORK: fuboTV, which is the fastest-growing virtual MVPD in the U.S., has raised $15 million in Series B funding, led by investments from Sky and 21st Century Fox.

BURBANK: Production has begun on a fourth season of the original comedy series Young & Hungry for Freeform, formerly ABC Family.

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.

BURBANK: ABC has issued early pickups for a slew of series for the 2016-17 season, among them the dramas How to Get Away with Murder, Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal.

NEW YORK: TV Land has inked an overall deal with Darren Star, the creator, executive producer and writer of Younger, in addition to announcing an adaptation of the cult comedy hit The First Wives Club.

LOS ANGELES: Bonnie Pan, formerly executive VP of programming at Maker Studios, has been named president of Endemol Beyond USA, Endemol Shine North America’s digital division.