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SAN FRANCISCO: The subscription streaming service Fandor has completed a $7 million round of funding, with Starz as lead strategic investor. Fandor is home to a library of some 7,000 foreign and independent films. The service operates in the U.S. and Canada. It also offers a 50-percent revenue share to …

BURBANK/SAN MATEO: Disney and ESPN Media Networks has inked a deal with Sony Network Entertainment International to introduce a range of channels, including ABC Family and ESPN, on PlayStation Vue. Among the channels included in the pact are the ABC Owned Stations Group, ABC Family (becoming Freeform in January), Disney …

EVANSTON: Vibrant TV has been added to the Roku streaming platform. A live feed of the digital channel will now be available to Roku customers 24/7. Vibrant TV offers a wide array of entertainment from around the world in English, including programming categories such as lifestyle, comedy, action adventure, drama, …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD: 1620 Media, the digital arm of production company Pilgrim Studios, has added four new original scripted series to its programming roster. Losing It follows a young Angeleno, who, on the brink of 30, is on a mission to lose his virginity, but fails miserably every step of the way. …

UNIVERSAL CITY: USA Network has ordered the unscripted comedy series First Impressions, featuring SNL alum Dana Carvey. The half-hour show sees America’s best amateur impressionists go head-to-head in a weekly battle to find out who can do the best celebrity impression. Carvey will mentor the contestants and take part in …

ATLANTA: The entire first season of the upcoming Rashida Jones police comedy Angie Tribeca is set to air commercial-free in a 25-hour broadcast marathon on TBS, with the second season debuting shortly after. The scripted series’s international multiplatform launch has been scheduled for January 17, with all ten episodes airing …

LOS ANGELES: Lifetime in the U.S. has picked up the MarVista Entertainment thriller Caught, set to air tomorrow. The TV movie will air on the network on November 7 at 8 p.m. Produced by Covert Productions, the title follows a high school girl who is kidnapped by the wife of …