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DALLAS: Nearly one-third of U.S. broadband households use the Internet to watch shows and movies on their television set, according to new research for Parks Associates. The survey, Value of Video: Shifting Consumer Dollars, finds that 31 percent of U.S. broadband households regularly watch TV programs or movies accessed from …

LOS ANGELES: Edward Anderson has been appointed as the VP of international free TV at Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution. Anderson will report directly to Marion Edwards, the president of Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, and will work with her across the network, cable, satellite and digital television business, including …

LOS ANGELES: With a total of 5,122 attendees from 70 countries, this year’s NATPE market and conference grew its numbers for attendance, buyers, exhibitors and countries represented. The number of exhibitors and buyers grew, with 293 global exhibiting companies and 823 content buyers and acquisitions execs. The conference program included …

PHILADELPHIA: Fourth-quarter profit at Comcast was up 26 percent from the year-ago figures, though the results at NBCUniversal declined. Quarterly earnings were $1.29 billion, up 26.4 percent. Revenue increased 54.7 percent, to $15 billion. It’s been just a year since Comcast acquired the 51-percent stake in NBCUniversal. For the segment, …

LOS ANGELES: Fox Digital Entertainment has produced a new original scripted web series, Wolfpack of Reseda, which will premiere tomorrow on Myspace. The series was produced in collaboration with Kia Motors America. The story watches as 20-something Ben March’s mundane life is transformed after he becomes convinced he’s been bitten …

LOS ANGELES: The Alliance for Children’s Rights is presenting this year’s National Champion for Children Award to Kevin Reilly, the president of entertainment at the Fox Broadcasting Company. The award will be presented to Reilly at the Alliance for Children’s Right’s 20th anniversary gala dinner, held at the Beverly Hilton …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central has ordered a second season of Key & Peele for fall 2012. Starring Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, the second season of the series will consist of 10 episodes. Key & Peele, which features filmed sketches and live stage segments, scored the channel’s best launch since …

PREMIUM: The president and COO of Fox Networks Group, David Haslingden, talks about the strength of the group’s portfolio of channels, the power of original programming and the global launch of the new Tim Kring/Kiefer Sutherland drama Touch. Last year, when the Fox Networks Group (FNG) was restructured, Haslingden was …

LOS ANGELES: The Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony competition series ¡Q’Viva! The Chosen, which showcases Latin music and dance, has scored a slot on FOX, to launch on March 3. The series features Lopez, Anthony and world-renowned concert director Jamie King as they travel North, South and Central America in …

ATLANTA: TBS has ordered 35 more episodes of the sitcom Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse, produced by Tyler Perry Studios and distributed by Debmar-Mercury. The series’ first season ranked as basic cable’s number one sitcom of 2011. Perry is writer, director and executive producer of the series, which features …