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Vevo to Live-Stream 2014 Global Citizen Festival

September 26, 2014

PALISADES PARK: Alfred Haber Television and Content Media Corporation, the international distributors of the 2014 Global Citizen Festival, have teamed up with music video and entertainment platform Vevo, which will live stream the event this weekend. The 2014 Global Citizen Festival asks world leaders to commit to ending extreme poverty …

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ABC Family Moves Forward on First Procedural Drama

September 30, 2014

BURBANK: ABC Family has picked up its first procedural drama, Stitchers, alongside ordering a second season of the comedy Young & Hungry. Stitchers is written by Jeffrey A. Schechter (Overruled!). It follows a young woman recruited into a covert government agency to be "stitched" into the minds of the recently …

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GRB Entertainment Adds Scripted Title Mohawk Girls to MIPCOM Slate

September 30, 2014

SHERMAN OAKS: GRB Entertainment is slated to present the comedy drama Mohawk Girls at the upcoming MIPCOM. The 13×30-minute show is about four young Mohawk women trying to find love in the small world of their reservation. Rezolution Picture produced the series, with GRB handling distribution. “GRB Entertainment has been …

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Andy Weir Launches New Distribution Venture

September 30, 2014

WESTPORT: Andy Weir, a former Warner Bros. exec who recently served at the U.S. Hispanic broadcaster Estrella TV, is launching Twin Bridge Media, a new distribution outfit based in the U.S. The company's slate includes court, lifestyle, music, independent film, reality and more. Programming represented by Twin Bridge Media include …

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Frances Berwick to Lead NBCU’s Newly Formed Lifestyle Network Group

October 1, 2014

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES: Frances Berwick has been named president of lifestyle networks at NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, overseeing Bravo Media, Oxygen Media, E! Entertainment and Esquire Network. Berwick will add strategic oversight of E! Entertainment and Esquire Network to her current duties at Bravo and Oxygen Media, continuing to report to …

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Eddie Dalva Upped to EVP of Content & Programming Enterprises at Viacom

October 1, 2014

NEW YORK: Viacom's Eddie Dalva has been upped to the role of executive VP of content and programming enterprises for Viacom Entertainment and Music Groups. Dalva will now oversee a wide array of programming responsibilities, including the pursuit of domestic and international content partnerships and programming enterprises, along with strategic co-ventures …

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FX Orders More Married, Moves You’re the Worst to FXX

October 1, 2014

LOS ANGELES: FX Networks is going for second seasons of Married and You're the Worst, with the latter comedy moving to FXX for its next run. Both series wrapped ten-episode first seasons, and have been ordered for 13-episode second seasons. They are now available on FXNOW for authenticated subscribers. Both …

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Starz Names New VP of Program Acquisitions

October 1, 2014

BEVERLY HILLS: Starz has elevated C. Brett Marottoli to VP of program acquisitions, a promotion that will see the exec oversee all movie and TV content programming acquisitions for Starz Networks’ premium pay-TV offerings. The exec will play a lead role in developing and executing the strategic direction for content …

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ITV Studios America Appoints EVP of Creative Strategy

October 1, 2014

SHERMAN OAKS: ITV Studios America has elevated Bruce Robertson from senior VP of creative strategy to the executive VP role within the unit. Robertson is based in the company's Los Angeles headquarters, reporting to Orly Adelson, the president of ITV Studios America. Robertson will oversee the development and the expanded …

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Original Series Part of Electus International’s MIPCOM Highlights

October 2, 2014

NEW YORK: Electus International is bringing to the market in Cannes a lineup of original series developed by Electus, along with third-party titles. Highlights for the company are two seasons of the social experiment Dating Naked, from Lighthearted Entertainment; the culinary game show Food Fighters; the series Jane the Virgin, …