Film & TV Deals, Relativity Lay Offs, Dan Fellman at WB Exits, HBO Gets New Yorker Cartoon Docu

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FILM & TV DEALS FOR 7/29/15: OVATION TV AND UNIVISION MAKING YOUTUBE STRIDES, DIRECTOR KONDRACKI INKS DEAL WITH STARZ

Other film and TV deal news include, Al Roker's Roker Labs agreeing to distribute three shows on Meerkat based around cooking and Technicolor buying Cisco System's set-top box and home broadband equipment business. (SSN)

OTHER HEADLINES

Relativity Lays Off 75 Staffers Prior to Potential Bankruptcy

Relativity Media issued layoff notices to 75 of its 350 employees today, another sign that the debt-laden entertainment company is on the verge of a bankruptcy filing. (VAR)

Sue Kroll Named President Worldwide Distribution at Warner Bros, Dan Fellman Exits

Warner Bros. worldwide marketing and international distribution chief Sue Kroll will take over domestic oversight duties when the studio’s veteran distribution chief Dan Felman exits at the end of the year. (WRAP)

HBO Lands New Yorker Cartoon Docu ‘Very Semi-Serious'

HBO has acquired U.S. rights to Leah Wolchok’s documentary Very Semi-Serious: A Partially Thorough Portrait Of New Yorker Cartoonists, with the pic premiering on the network December 7. (DH)

Ron Howard, Tyler Perry to be Recognized with DGA Honors

Ron Howard, Tyler Perry, film editor Thelma Schoonmaker, Senator Chuck Schumer, and Teamsters Local 817 president Thomas J. O’Donnell will be honored at an Oct. 15 gala event. (EW)

Jake Gyllenhaal Eyes David Gordon Green's Boston Marathon Drama 'Stronger'

Jake Gyllenhaal is circling the Lionsgate drama. Playwright John Pollono and screenwriter Scott Silver wrote the script that is based on the memoir by Jeff Bauman. (IW)

Legendary Pictures Tees Up Sports Docs

The studio is backing low-budget sports documentaries and has inked a deal with Prospect Productions whose credits include ESPN's 30 for 30 and Sunday Night Baseball. (THR)

Five ‘Daily Show’ Producers to Stay With Show

Comedy Central signaled that there will be continuity from one host to the next by announcing that a team of five executive producers who have overseen the show during Jon Stewart’s tenure will stay on. (NYT)

'Scream' Renewed for Season 2

MTV announced during the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills that it was renewing the teen horror series. (TVL)