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NEW YORK: Time Warner Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Bewkes has extended the term of his employment contract another three years, through 2020. Bewkes was named chairman and CEO in 2009, and prior to this was appointed president and CEO in …

ATLANTA: New original series, reboots of classic brands and returning favorites are some of the programming highlights Turner has planned for its multiplatform brands TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network and truTV this year. In 2016, Cartoon Network will mark the global …

NEW YORK: Nickelodeon has elevated Jennifer Caveza and Jon Roman to leadership roles within its toys and business development group. Caveza has been promoted to senior VP of toys and business development while Roman was upped to senior VP of …

LAS VEGAS: During Reed Hastings’s keynote at CES, the co-founder and CEO of Netflix unveiled that the service is now live in more than 190 countries and has added Arabic, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese to the 17 languages it …

LOS ANGELES: For the fourth year in a row, Game of Thrones has come in as the most illegally downloaded TV show, according to TorrentFreak. With an estimated 14.4 million downloads via BitTorrent, the 2015 season finale beat out other …

NEW YORK: Syfy has launched an innovation hub tasked with creating multiplatform content mixing emerging technology such as 3D printing and virtual reality with the network’s original programming. Called Syfy Labs, the unit will partner with 3D-printing company MakerBot to offer …

COLOGNE: RTL Germany has set a mid-January launch for RTL International, a brand-new pay-TV channel that will roll out worldwide in HD. RTL International will mark the first German TV station with general-interest entertainment content that targets German-speaking expats and …

LONDON: Bulldog Licensing has promoted Sole Puerto from her previous position as creative services executive to the role of creative services manager. Puerto served as creative services executive for nearly two years. During her time at Bulldog Licensing, she has …

TORONTO: CTV has added the charity cooking-competition special MasterChef Celebrity Showdown, featuring Terry Crews and international supermodel Gigi Hadid, to its winter 2016 schedule. The first-ever MasterChef Celebrity Showdown, from One Potato Two Potato and Endemol Shine North America, is a two-hour …

LONDON: Five prime-time series and three kids’ shows are due out exclusively on Amazon Prime Video, along with three series renewals. The Amazon originals join the digital hub following the latest fall pilot season, in which Amazon customers can vote …