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Females comprised 45 percent of major characters on broadcast network, cable and streaming programs in 2018-19, according to a new study, representing an increase of 5 percentage points from 2017-18 and marking a recent historic high.

The Walt Disney Company has sold its equity interest in the YES Network to a newly formed investor group that includes Yankee Global Enterprises and Sinclair Broadcast Group, among others.

ABC is set to broadcast Major League Soccer’s championship match for the first time since 2008.

New research from Leichtman Research Group finds that 74 percent of all U.S. households have an SVOD service from Netflix, Amazon Prime and/or Hulu.

HBO has renewed the sketch comedy series A Black Lady Sketch Show for a sophomore season after its August 2 debut.

Imagine Entertainment Chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard have brought in veteran media-industry executive Rich Battista as CEO.

GRB Studios has hired Sarah Coursey as senior VP of international, overseeing the sales and acquisitions team as well as spearheading global co-production and co-development projects.

RuPaul’s Drag Race and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars have been greenlit by VH1 for new seasons.

Fuse has revealed the premiere dates for its fall lineup, which includes the debut of five new shows, as well as the return of the series Complex x Fuse.

The Walt Disney Company and Charter Communications have inked a new multiyear distribution agreement to continue to deliver Disney’s lineup of sports, news and entertainment content to Spectrum customers.