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CULVER CITY: Andy Forssell, who previously served as acting CEO of Hulu, is joining the online video network Fullscreen as chief operating officer. Forssell had been with Hulu since its inception and took over as acting CEO when Jason Kilar departed in 2013. He left Hulu in October 2013. Forssell …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Communications has launched its first U.S. TV Everywhere streaming service, Discovery GO, which features programming from nine networks across the bouquet, including the flagship Discovery Channel. Alongside Discovery Channel, the service features live and on-demand access to programming from TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Science Channel, Velocity, …

ATLANTA: Ahead of its season one premiere, truTV has ordered a 13-episode second season of Those Who Can’t, the network’s first original scripted comedy series. Thank You, Brain! Productions’ Those Who Can’t, from showrunner Dean Lorey (Arrested Development), follows three troublemaking high-school teachers played by creators and executive producers Adam …

LONDON: Brent Montgomery, the founder and current CEO of Leftfield Entertainment, has been appointed CEO of ITV America, renamed from ITV Studios US Group. All of ITV’s U.S. businesses will become part of ITV America, including ITV Studios America, which will be rebranded as ITV Entertainment. All of ITV’s other …

NEW YORK: HISTORY has given the go-ahead to Barbarians Rising, an eight-part docu-drama due out next year. The limited event series is a global co-production for HISTORY channels from October Films. It’s slated to premiere across 185-plus territories. The series will chronicle nine warriors, including Spartacus and Attila, as they …

SANTA MONICA: Lionsgate has entered into a long-term partnership with Discovery Communications to distribute its programming on DVD and Blu-ray in the U.S. The first release under the pact will be the February 23 Blu-ray and DVD release of Racing Extinction, the landmark documentary which had its worldwide premiere yesterday …

LOS ANGELES: Indigenous Media, which produces original content for digital and emerging platforms, has brought in Ben Fast and Maira Nevarez as executive VPs. Fast was previously the director of scripted television at The Weinstein Company. He now joins Indigenous as executive VP of development. Nevarez is a former VP …

NEW YORK: Last night’s event special The Wiz Live! drew 11.5 million total viewers for NBC, according to Nielsen’s fast national numbers, and was the top program of the day on social media. The live broadcast scored a 3.4 rating/11 share in the key 18-to-49 demographic. This bests the performance …

SHERMAN OAKS: ITV Studios America has firmed up an exclusive producer overall deal with Assembly Entertainment, led by former Cineflix Studios president Christina Wayne. This is the first exclusive POD deal since Philippe Maigret was named president of ITV Studios America. Wayne and her team will respectively relocate to ITV …

LOS ANGELES: Norwegian Air Shuttle’s flights from the U.S. to the Caribbean now include in-flight live TV following a deal with Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE). Free access to Bloomberg Television and the NFL Network launched on flights from Boston’s Logan International Airport, New York’s JFK and Baltimore-Washington International Airport to both …