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Veteran TV executive Kerry McCluggage, who joined the IDW Media Holdings board of directors last year, has been appointed as the company’s new CEO.

Emmy-winning writer and producer Lena Waithe (The Chi) has signed a first-look deal with Showtime.

According to eMarketer’s latest U.S. pay TV/OTT forecast, the number of cord-cutters is expected to climb 32.8 percent this year to 33 million.

Carol Mendelsohn and Julie Weitz, principals of Carol Mendelsohn Productions, have signed an exclusive overall producing deal with Universal Television.

Comedy Central has snapped up the rights for 20th Century Fox's animated adult comedies King of the Hill and The Cleveland Show.

Louis Shaw Milito and Phil Conserva (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) have launched an independent production company, Boilermaker Entertainment, to create and produce drama series, feature films and unscripted programming.

Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan and his High Bridge Productions company have signed a new three-year overall deal to remain at Sony Pictures Television, continuing their exclusive 11-year partnership.

Netflix leads all other channels and platforms in this year's Emmy nominations, landing a total of 112, while the show with the most nominations is HBO's Game of Thrones with 22.

ESPN and Disney XD have reached a deal with Blizzard Entertainment to deliver live coverage in the U.S. of the Overwatch League, a professional eSports league that has teams across Asia, Europe and North America.

Netflix's net spend to acquire new customers in the U.S. is about $100 per subscriber, Ampere Analysis says, up from around $60 a few years ago.