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Alfred Haber has picked up the exclusive international rights for the two-hour special Stayin’ Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of The Bee Gees, which is slated for broadcast on CBS in the U.S. later this month.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) is set to acquire the 80.91 percent aggregate membership interests in the pay-TV network EPIX held by Viacom, Paramount and Lionsgate for approximately $1.032 billion.

Freeform has given a straight-to-series order to the comedic live-action show Marvel’s New Warriors, the second project from the network, Marvel Television and ABC Signature Studios.

Sling TV customers have gained access to the Showtime streaming service, including eight live, linear feeds and the entire Showtime library of on-demand programming.

Andy Bourne, who has served as VP of development at Fox 21 Television Studios for the past four years, has been promoted to the senior VP role.

NBC has commissioned six episodes of The Awesome Show, a new series hosted, developed and executive produced by Chris Hardwick that will showcase groundbreaking scientific and technological advances.

ITV Studios has secured a 45-percent interest in Jason Blum's Blumhouse Television, which is prepping a Roger Ailes limited series for Showtime.

The Peabody Awards has aligned with PBS and Fusion on a special television broadcast of the 76th annual awards ceremony.

NBC Sports Group has inked a media rights agreement to present Poker Central’s world-class poker programming across its linear and digital platforms.

Paramount Pictures has appointed longtime Disney executive Dan Cohen as president of worldwide television licensing.