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Jeremy Allaire, founder, chairman and CEO of online video-management provider Brightcove, will relinquish the chief executive role at the end of the first quarter, the company announced Thursday.

The company said David Mendels, currently president and chief operating officer of Brightcove, will become the CEO at the beginning of the second quarter of 2013. Allaire will become executive chairman and will “continue to be actively involved” in the company’s strategic planning, product development and key customer relationships, Brightcove said.

Time Warner Inc.’s Turner Broadcasting System and Warner Bros. Television Group announced a deal with Netflix for complete past seasons of animated and live-action programming from Cartoon Network, Warner Bros. Animation and Adult Swim, as well as the TNT’s serialized drama Dallas.

The first two seasons of TNT’s remake of Dallas, produced by Warner Horizon Television, will be available exclusively via Netflix in January 2014.

Microsoft officially announced Thursday the appointment of Blake Krikorian, formerly CEO and co-founder of Sling Media, as corporate vice president for its Interactive Entertainment Business, which includes the Xbox Live service.

The announcement follows Microsoft’s acquisition of Krikorian's company, id8 Group R2 Studios, which was developing home-automation applications. Krikorian will report to Marc Whitten, chief product officer for IEB.

Amazon.com announced a content licensing agreement with A+E Networks to add past seasons of series from A&E, bio, History and Lifetime to the online retailer’s Prime Instant Video service -- just a few months after Netflix’s deal for a chunk of A+E content lapsed.

Westinghouse Digital will introduce a new line of LED TVs at next week’s 2013 International CES that will let users plug in the $100 Roku Streaming Stick, a flash-drive-sized Wi-Fi device to deliver Internet video to the televisions.