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LONDON/NEW YORK: Double Nickel Entertainment, producer of Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino, and Sky Vision have entered into an overall scripted TV deal.

SYDNEY: David Pendleton has resigned as the chief operating officer of Australia's ABC, which recently announced the departure of its director of television as well.

LOS ANGELES: FX Productions has shaken up its executive ranks in the Fox Networks Group global programming unit, expanding the responsibilities of Gina Balian.

WARSAW: SPI International/FilmBox Channels Group has expanded its Ultra HD offering with the acquisition of new music and time-lapse content from Paramax Films and Principal Media.

PHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK: Fourth-quarter revenues at Comcast saw a 9.2-percent increase, while NBCUniversal's were up 13 percent, with gains at its cable, theme parks and broadcast TV segments.

NEW YORK: Viacom’s Pierluigi Gazzolo, Cisneros’s Adriana Cisneros, Endemol Shine’s Cris Abrego and Brazilian producer Carla Affonso took part in a NATPE session that was moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati.

ENGLEWOOD/LONDON: Liberty Media has completed its acquisition of Formula 1, which will now be led by Chase Carey as CEO.

The fourth quarter of 2016 saw 194 deals in the entertainment, media and communications sector, a 34-percent gain on the previous quarter, according to PwC.

LONDON: Live and on-demand coverage of this year's X Games Aspen will be available on ESPN Player in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

LONDON: DRG and Wildseed Studios have entered into a partnership that involves the funding and distribution of new scripted content.