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LONDON: UKTV has scored the exclusive U.K. premiere broadcast rights to the fantasy cop drama Grimm from NBCUniversal International Television Distribution as part of a package of first-run series. Grimm, created by Jim Kouf (Angel) and David Greenwalt (Buffy the …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: David Lyle, who previously served as president of Fox LOOK and president of FremantleMedia North America, has been named CEO of National Geographic Channels U.S. and global programming. Lyle has been working with National Geographic management as the …

LONDON: The fall lineup of CBS Drama in the U.K. is to feature a special True Stories season, with a slate of TV movies whose stories are based on actual events. The lineup will air weekends from September to October. …

LONDON: Monica Galer has been tapped to focus solely on the management, strategy and business development of FremantleMedia France as company president. Galer had been working in a dual capacity for the past two years. Galer has been CEO of …

NEW YORK: Announcing Q2 revenues at CBS Corporation of $3.59 billion and a net profit that more than doubled to $395 million, Leslie Moonves, president and CEO, said the results "demonstrate the power of the strategic actions we’ve taken to strengthen our …

LONDON: Passion Distribution has picked up the rights to distribute a slate of factual titles from Figure 8 Films, among them Conjoined at the Head and Transgender Teens, launching the shows to the international market at MIPCOM. Also included in …

ENGLEWOOD: With subscriber gains helping to drive second-quarter revenues up by 21 percent to $2.62 billion, Liberty Global narrowed its net loss for the period from $684 million a year ago to $347 million. "Our second quarter results demonstrate continued …

LONDON: Noel Hedges is leaving his role as the senior VP of sales and acquisitions for the Americas at ITV Studios Global Entertainment to take up the newly created post of senior VP of acquisitions at Shine International. Hedges will relocate from …

MONTREAL: HOLA Entertainment has scored the pan-regional broadcast rights for the Canadian Football League’s current season to air on the newly launched sports channel Viva Sports in Latin America. Viva Sports from MVS Televisión is part of the MVS Comunicaciones …

ENGLEWOOD: New data from IHS indicates that linear TV will remain dominant through 2015, when DVR, on-demand and other forms of nonlinear content will only account for 15.8 percent of all TV viewing in the U.S. and just 12.7 percent in …