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NEW YORK: The Weinstein Company (TWC) has secured all rights to The Bully Project, the new documentary directed by Emmy- and Sundance award-winning filmmaker Lee Hirsch, from Submarine Entertainment. The documentary, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April …

SINGAPORE: AXN Asia has secured the exclusive first run-rights for NCIS: Los Angeles season two for launch June 28.  The deal follows on a successful first season of the hit procedural, which took AXN to the number one spot among …

  NEW YORK: Tim Brooke-Hunt, the executive head of children’s at ABC, talks about his programming strategy for commissions and acquisitions, along with discussing the ways the Internet has given the linear services a boost.   As the Australian Broadcasting …

LOS ANGELES: Fox Sports Media Group is set to produce a six-part original series for FUEL TV, Bruce Lee Lives!, which is scheduled to debut on the channel on June 17. The half-hour series, which is produced by Pangolin Pictures, …

LOS GATOS: Netflix saw its first-quarter profits almost double to $60.2 million, on revenues that gained 46 percent to $718.55 million. The company reported 3.3 million net subscriber additions in the U.S. in the period, a 94-percent year-on-year gain. Including …

NEW YORK: ION Media Networks has appointed Douglas Holloway as president of multichannel distribution, a role that will include overseeing ION Television’s distribution efforts and the digital channels qubo and ION Life. As part of his new position, Holloway will …

LONDON: The official list of the nominees for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) TV Awards has been announced, with Boardwalk Empire squaring off against Glee, The Killing and Mad Men in the international category. Misfits leads the …

HOLLYWOOD: The Church of Scientology, in a bid to expand into broadcasting, has acquired a Hollywood studio lot from public television station KCET. The 5-acre facility covers two sound stages, post-production resources and TV, satellite and Internet broadcasting capabilities. The …

NEW YORK: The first episode of the new season of the hit sci-fi show Doctor Who is BBC America’s highest-rated, most-watched telecast ever for live plus same-day viewing. The premiere on April 23 drew in nearly 1.3 million viewers. For …

LOS ANGELES: The new sports-themed health and fitness series NBA Fit is slated to premiere on Disney XD on April 29. The show is hosted by Daniel Curtis Lee of Zeke and Luther and includes NBA stars Dwight Howard of …