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The churn rate among OTT services in the U.S. rose from 35 percent in Q1 2019 to 41 percent in Q1 2020, according to Parks Associates.

Sam Linsky and Adrienne O'Riain have been tapped to lead scripted originals for TBS, TNT and truTV under General Manager Brett Weitz.

New data from Strategy Analytics indicates that the surge in SVOD numbers seen at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. was not sustained once stay-at-home measures eased.

Between April 2019 and April 2020, the number of OTT homes in the U.S. rose by 5.2 million, according to Comscore's 2020 State of OTT report.

SVOD platforms have benefited from customers taking up new services during the COVID-19 pandemic, but churn rates have also accelerated, according to Deloitte.

The Cartel, a U.S.-based production, finance and management firm, has appointed Ryan Saul as manager and producer and promoted Bradford Bricken to partner.

Tomorrow Studios, a partnership between Marty Adelstein and ITV Studios, has finalized a joint venture with Emmy Award winner Nick Weidenfeld for the animation studio Work Friends.

Roku has added three Blue Ant Media linear channels—Love Nature, Love Nature Español and ZooMoo—to The Roku Channel in the U.S.

FOX Entertainment and Emmy Award-winning creator Dan Harmon (Rick and Morty, Community) have entered into a broadcast network-only exclusive direct animation deal.

ABC has revealed its fall 2020 schedule, which sees The Bachelorette on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. and comedies airing on Wednesdays.