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ENGLEWOOD: DISH Network and Sinclair Broadcast Group have entered into an agreement that forms the basis of a long-term retransmission consent pact, bringing an end to the channel blackout across 79 U.S. markets. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. DISH is also asking the Federal Communications Commission to stay …

NEW YORK/MCLEAN: CBS Corporation and TEGNA have revealed a comprehensive agreement that renews station deals for ten TEGNA Media markets serving more than 10 million U.S. households. The agreement sees renewals for TEGNA-owned CBS affiliates WUSA in Washington, D.C.; WTSP in Tampa; WFMY in Greensboro; KTHV in Little Rock; WLTX …

SANTA MONICA: Hulu has ordered a ten-episode second season of the original comedy series Difficult People. Executive producers Amy Poehler (Parks & Recreation), Dave Becky (Louie), Tony Hernandez of Jax Media and showrunner Scott King have all signed on for season two, along with creator, star and executive producer Julie …

SANTA CLARA: Pay-TV companies in the U.S. posted their worst-ever quarterly video subscriber losses in Q2, which IHS says validates industry cord-cutting fears. The second quarter of 2015 marked the first time non-cable pay-TV operators lost video subscribers since satellite operators entered the pay-TV business in the early 1990s. IPTV …

LOS ANGELES: Shout! Factory has promoted veteran executives David McIntosh, Melissa Boag, Jordan Fields and Tom Chen. David McIntosh has been elevated to senior VP of business affairs and digital distribution. He previously served as VP of business affairs. In addition to overseeing the daily business undertakings for the company, …

LOS ANGELES: MGM Television has appointed Lindsay Sloane as executive VP of television production and development, while Max Kisbye was upped to senior VP of television production and development. Sloane is working under Steve Stark, MGM's president of production and development for the television group. She is charged with creating …

WAKEFIELD: Seven leading internet companies, among them Amazon, Netflix, Google and Microsoft, have come together to create the Alliance for Open Media, an open-source project that is aiming to develop next-generation media formats. The alliance will be working together to develop a video format that is interoperable and open, optimized …

BEVERLY HILLS: Starz Play, the online TV Everywhere service for Starz premium subscribers, has become available via the Roku platform. Starz subscribers can now watch exclusive original series such as Blunt Talk, Survivor’s Remorse and Power, as well as hundreds of movies and first-run films from Disney, including Maleficent, Into …

LOS ANGELES: MarVista Entertainment has appointed Larry Grimaldi, a former Real Housewives producer and Hearst Entertainment exec, as the company's VP of development and production. In his new role, Grimaldi will work under Robyn Snyder, MarVista's executive VP of development and production. He will help to create and produce entertainment programming …

BEVERLY HILLS: Starz has ordered a third season of the hit original comedy series Survivor's Remorse, with Mike O'Malley continuing to serve as exec producer and showrunner. Survivor's Remorse centers on a young athlete who is thrown into the limelight after signing a contract with a professional basketball team in …