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NEW YORK: According to Experian Marketing Services, an estimated 7.6 million U.S. homes are considered cord-cutters, an increase of 44 percent in the past four years. Experian's cross-device video analysis shows that 48 percent of all U.S. adults and 67 percent of young adults watch streaming or downloaded video during …

NEW YORK: AOL and Miramax have entered into an agreement to bring full-length films to U.S. viewers for streaming free of charge. The partnership sees the launch of a new Movies experience that will be featured across The AOL On Network. The agreement spans Miramax cult classics, comedies, dramas, family …

LOS ANGELES: Maker Studios is teaming up with the lifestyle brand NYLON to collaborate on original programming, the first of which will be the drama Oh, You Pretty Things!, starring Francesca Eastwood. Maker and NYLON will be working on originals for the NYLON TV YouTube channel and other cross-platform ventures. …

NEW YORK: Morgan Spurlock, his production company Warrior Poets, Virgil Films and Abramorama have partnered in an effort to acquire and release fiction and documentary features theatrically and on cable VOD under the banner Morgan Spurlock Presents. The first two films to be distributed under the banner are the docs …

NEW YORK: In this video interview, which is available with subtitles in Spanish, Mandarin and French, Broad City executive producer Amy Poehler and creators and stars Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson discuss the Comedy Central series.   The comedy Broad City was originally a web series before getting the TV …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central has greenlit CC:Studios' digital series This Is Not Happening for broadcast on the network. The eight-episode series is slated for a fall premiere. It marks the channel's first pickup of a series developed by the in-house creative initiative CC:Studios. This Is Not Happening is executive produced …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES: Karen Bonck, an experienced branded entertainment exec, has become the senior VP of branded partnerships for Debmar-Mercury. In her new role, Bonck will work out of New York City under Ira Bernstein and Mort Marcus, co-presidents of Debmar-Mercury. She will be charged with the creation and execution …

QUINCY/PRINCETON: Atlantic Broadband, Grande Communications and RCN have announced partnerships with Netflix to enable their customers to find and watch content from Netflix through the same set-top box used to watch live TV. The Netflix App will be integrated into the TiVo service distributed by the providers. Customers to either …

EL SEGUNDO: The quantity of movie content on U.S. basic cable reached a three-year high in 2013, accounting for nearly 15 percent of all air time, according to a new report from IHS Technology. A total of 89,623 hours of movie content was shown on U.S. basic cable last year. …

NEW YORK: Alongside its slate of returning series, MTV has announced several new additions to its schedule, including the Alaska-based Slednecks. At its upfront presentation in New York, MTV revealed the new half-half docuseries Slednecks, about a group of "outdoor tough" friends living in the wilds of Alaska. One Bad …