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LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK: PactUS has added 30 members, among them Endemol Shine North America and All3Media America and their family companies, to its initial membership roster.

HOLLYWOOD: Three short-form categories have been added to the Primetime Emmy Awards, giving more opportunities for programs averaging 15 minutes or less in length.

LOS ANGELES: Lionsgate and Hulu have teamed up to acquire the North American rights for Jeff Baena's comedy feature film Joshy.

NEW YORK: Last night's broadcast of the 88th annual Academy Awards pulled in the show's lowest overnight ratings since 2008, according to early Nielsen figures.

MIAMI: The bilingual soccer network GolTV has scored the exclusive U.S. broadcasting rights for the 2016 Coppa Italia semi-finals and championship match.

According to Adobe Digital Index's latest Digital Video Benchmark report, the number of TV Everywhere users increased 22 percent in Q4 2015, particularly due to special programming such as the fall TV premieres and sports-related content. Authenticated video viewing continued to steadily grow throughout 2015, with most months showing increases in video viewing over the previous month.

SILVER SPRING: The U.S. streaming service Acorn TV has picked up a second season of the British comedy Detectorists and a sixth run of the drama Vera.

SILVER SPRING: Andrew Warren, who currently serves as Discovery Communications's chief financial officer, is slated to leave the company at the end of the year.

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has ordered a sophomore season of the America Ferrera-fronted comedy series Superstore.

LOS ANGELES: FX has renewed Baskets, a comedy series starring Zach Galifianakis, for a second season that is due to debut early next year.