LOS ANGELES: Ben Silverman has been appointed chairman and co-CEO of Propagate Content, reuniting him with former partner and longtime collaborator Howard T. Owens, who is co-CEO of the U.S. indie.

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LOS ANGELES: Critical Content, which was born out of Relativity’s television division, and Machinima have entered into a co-development deal for scripted and unscripted projects.

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STAMFORD: WWE and Snapchat have entered into a partnership that kicks off tomorrow at WrestleMania.

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SAN CARLOS: Rovi Corporation has lodged a complaint against Comcast, alleging the cable giant and its set-top box suppliers of infringing on 14 patents, including remote recording.

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NEW YORK: Discovery Communications has unveiled highlights for the 2016-17 schedules of its bouquet of networks, which includes the flagship Discovery Channel launching the Deadliest Catch spin-off Dungeon Cove and Science Channel debuting Search for the Next MythBusters.

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NEW YORK: Comedy Central has revealed its upcoming development slate, which includes five series pickups, ten new specials and eleven pilots.

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LOS ANGELES: Insurrection Media has tapped former Zodiak Americas exec Deborah Henderson for the newly created position of general counsel and head of production.

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SANTA MONICA: Lionsgate and actor/comedian Kevin Hart have entered into a partnership that will see the launch of a new OTT platform, Laugh Out Loud, and social adventure mobile game initiatives.

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LOS ANGELES: Fullscreen is planning to launch an ad-free SVOD service, under the eponymous banner fullscreen, which will debut April 26.

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NEW YORK: Michael Klein has been hired by MTV to serve as executive VP of original content, with oversight for all original programming, development and creative across the network and its related brands.

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