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• YouTube Vet Bo Burnham Directed Chris Rock’s First Stand-Up Special In A Decade
• Adaptive Studios Closes $16.5 Million Funding Round Led By AMC Networks

  To date, Adaptive -- which was founded by Marc Joubert, Perrin Chiles, and TJ Barrack in 2013 -- has created programming for Verizon, Miramax, FX, YouTube Red, Fox Animation, Lionsgate, and Blackpills.

  
• Kian Lawley Out At Fox Film ‘The Hate U Give’ After Clip With Racist Remarks Surfaces

  YouTube star Kian Lawley was set to appear in Fox feature "The Hate U Give," but after a racist video resurfaced, he was fired from the project.

  
• Amazon Prime Video App Gets Most Week One Downloads In Apple TV Store

  Apple TV just let the Amazon Prime Video app into its app store, and more users have downloaded it in the first week than any other tvOS app to date.

  
• Netflix Now Says It Will Spend Up To $8 Billion On Original Content Next Year
• ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Has Helped Increase Hulu Subscriptions By 98% Since March
• TV Ad Spend To Remain Flat Through 2021 As Cord-Cutting Surpasses Projections (Report)
• HBO To Stream ‘Insecure’ For Free On YouTube Ahead Of Season 2 Premiere
• Sale Of Roku Devices Banned In Mexico Due To Rampant Hacking
• YouTube Star Lilly Singh Lands Role In Feature Film Adaptation Of ‘Fahrenheit 451’
• Time Warner Will Produce $100 Million Worth Of Original Shows For Snapchat
• ‘Brown Girls’ Is The Latest Web Series To Get A TV Deal Via HBO