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Indomitable Entertainment Sets Up TV Unit

January 29, 2014

LOS ANGELES: The film financing, production and consulting firm Indomitable Entertainment has established an in-house TV division for the production of scripted series, TV movies and reality programming. Jon Ferro, previously the head of TV and digital sales at Lionsgate, has been tapped as president of the company’s entertainment division, …

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Huffington Post’s Roy Sekoff to Give NAB Show Keynote

January 30, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Roy Sekoff, founding editor of Huffington Post and president and co-creator of HuffPost Live, is slated to give the keynote address at this year's NAB Show Disruptive Media Conference, which is produced in association with Digital Media Wire. The speech will take place on Wednesday, April 9. In …

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FOX Goes for Another Season of Bones

January 30, 2014

LOS ANGELES: Bones, a drama series, has been renewed for a tenth season on FOX, which has also scheduled the premiere of Kitchen Nightmares' new season and the season finale of Almost Human. The new season of Bones will debut on Monday, March 10 at 8 p.m. The show stars Emily …

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Nielsen & CBS Increase Effort to Measure Cross-Platform Audiences

January 30, 2014

NEW YORK: Nielsen and CBS Corporation have expanded their relationship with a view to advancing the state of cross-platform audience measurement. The long-term agreement includes the creation of attitudinal and behavioral segmentations that enable more discrete precision marketing and facilitate a better understanding of the path of purchasing and resulting …

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Amazon Scores Additional CBS & Showtime Series

January 30, 2014

NEW YORK/SEATTLE: Through an expanded licensing agreement, classic series and hit shows from CBS Television Distribution and Showtime Networks are headed to Amazon's Prime Instant Video service. Prime Instant Video customers are gaining access to hits such as Medium, The Tudors, the complete Star Trek franchise and I Love Lucy, …

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Ian Ziering & Tara Reid On Board for Sharknado Sequel

January 31, 2014

NEW YORK: Ian Ziering and Tara Reid, the stars of the surprise summer hit Sharknado, have signed up to reprise their roles in the TV movie’s upcoming sequel, which will start filming in New York next month. Filming for Sharknado 2: The Second One is scheduled to start in February …

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Aereo to Launch in San Antonio

February 3, 2014

NEW YORK: Aereo has added another market to its reach, with a launch planned for San Antonio, Texas, on February 19. Aereo, who is awaiting a Supreme Court trial regarding its remote antenna/DVR television technology, will now expand to 22 counties across Texas. The New York-based service is already operating …

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NBCU Opens Tech Center & Media Labs

February 3, 2014

NEW YORK: NBCUniversal has launched a state-of-the-art technology center in New Jersey, which will be the home of the new Media Labs operation. The 63,000-square-foot Technology Center cost around $17 million. It features a Technology Show Lab fully equipped with the latest mobile, virtualization, big data platforms and industry-leading emerging …

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Revolt Hires New Slate of Executives

February 3, 2014

LOS ANGELES: Revolt, the music cable channel founded by Sean Combs, is beefing up its executive roster with four new hires ahead of expected growth this year. James G. Brown Jr. is the new senior VP of content distribution and marketing. He’ll be charged with increasing viewership and overseeing the …

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Super Bowl XLVIII is Most-Watched TV Event in U.S. History

February 4, 2014

NEW YORK: The Sunday broadcast of Super Bowl XLVIII on FOX was watched by an average audience of 111.5 million people, more than any television program in U.S. history. Super Bowl XLVIII posted a 46.4/69, matching the household rating and share for Super Bowl XLVII a year ago, according to …