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LONDON: The ten leading pay-TV operators in the U.S. collectively lost 20,600 subscribers in the latest quarter, which is an improvement from the loss of 45,000 in the previous quarter. The informitv Multiscreen Index shows that over the year, the operators gained 82,200 subscribers, bringing their combined total to 87.67 …

SANTA MONICA/SAN RAFAEL: Lionsgate has made an investment in Telltale Games, a game developer and publisher responsible for gaming extensions for The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones, with plans to co-develop original projects. The investment will continue the extension of Lionsgate's film and TV brands into the game space. …

BURBANK: Legendary Digital Media and Fullscreen have tapped the YouTube stars Grace Helbig and Hannah Hart for an updated version of Sid and Marty Krofft’s classic '70s TV series Electra Woman and Dyna Girl. Fullscreen will debut and exhibit the new Electra Woman and Dyna Girl in the U.S., with …

STAMFORD: Stephanie McMahon, WWE's chief brand officer; Paul Levesque, WWE's executive VP of talent, live events and creative; and Robyn Peterson, chief technology officer and head of product for Mashable have been elected to WWE's board of directors. McMahon is charged with helping WWE enhance its global brand reputation among …

SAN FRANCISCO: CBS Interactive has launched Studio 61, an initiative focused on creating branded content for marketing partners. Studio 61 will rely on an in-house team of creative talent that will develop unique custom content due to run on the portfolio of CBS Interactive brands. Those brands span multiple vertical …

BURBANK: ABC Family has given the go-ahead to a fifth season of Baby Daddy, an original multi-camera comedy series starring Jean-Luc Bilodeau. Baby Daddy follows a New York City bachelor who, with the help of his family and friends, raises a baby that was left on his doorstep after a one-night stand. …

LOS ANGELES: OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has ordered additional episodes of the hit scripted Tyler Perry series The Haves and the Have Nots, If Loving You is Wrong, Love Thy Neighbor and For Better or Worse. OWN commissioned 23×1-hour epsiodes of the drama The Haves and the Have Nots, and 22×1-hour …

LOS ANGELES: Seasoned TV exec Chris Rantamaki has been hired as Discovery Channel's senior VP of production and development, effective April 20. In his new role, Rantamaki will work out of Los Angeles under Denise Contis, Discovery's executive VP of production and development. He is charged with executing production strategies …

ATLANTA: U.S. network Bounce TV has secured the rights for live boxing events from the Premier Boxing Champions series, with the first match broadcast lined up for July. The multiyear deal will see Bounce TV host the monthly series PBC The Next Round, featuring two hours of live boxing. A …

LOS ANGELES: RLJ Entertainment (RLJE) has elevated Mark Ward to chief acquisitions officer for feature films, while naming Angela Northington as the new senior VP of content acquisitions for Urban Movie Channel (UMC). Ward will continue to supervise feature film acquisitions for both Image and UMC. He spent the last …