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LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: Entertainment One (eOne) Television has sealed a first-look agreement with Bob Cooper’s production company, Landscape Entertainment, which has projects in development at A&E, TNT, USA Network and HBO. Landscape will develop new scripted projects for the U.S. and international markets. The projects developed and produced as part of …

LOS ANGELES: Lee Rierson has been named the chief operating officer for Shine America, reporting to Carl Fennessy, the company’s CEO. Having joined the company in 2006, Rierson takes over responsibility for all of Shine America’s corporate and strategic operations, physical production studios, business and legal affairs, human resources and …

NEW YORK: Sam Michaels has become the senior VP of strategic development for NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment and Cable Studios. Michaels will report to Catherine Dunleavy, the executive VP and CFO of the group. He will work to assess new and monetizable trends and develop strategies for business opportunities for the Cable Entertainment …

LOS ANGELES: Andrew Plotkin, formerly the senior VP of original programming at Syfy, has joined New Regency in the role of executive VP of television. Plotkin will be responsible for developing programming and overseeing TV production at New Regency. He will report to Brad Weston, the company’s president and CEO. …

LOS ANGELES: A 13-episode order has been given to the comedy Legit, starring Australian comedian Jim Jefferies, to join FX’s original series roster. Jefferies plays a comedian named Jim, who has a series of misguided attempts to become legitimate in life. He is supported by his best friend Steve, played …

UNIVERSAL CITY: Robert Hayes is joining NBC Entertainment in the newly created position of executive VP of digital media, as the company continues to increase its focus on multiplatform programming and marketing initiatives. Hayes comes to NBC from Iconic Entertainment, where he’s been serving as COO. There, he created premium VOD channels …

NEW YORK: The first season of the hit British sci-fi show Misfits is getting its U.S. television premiere, debuting on the Logo channel this summer. The 6×1-hour first season launches July 19 at 10 p.m. on Logo. The show is distributed by BBC Worldwide and is produced by Clerkenwell Films. "We’re …

RESTON: New comScore research finds that tablet users are nearly three times more likely to watch video on their device compared to smartphone users. comScores TabLens reveals that tablets have reached critical mass in the U.S., with one in ever four smartphone owners using tablets during a three-month average period …

RESTON: A study of ten broadcast and cable network brands showed that an average of 90 percent of consumers engaging with a brand did so on TV, while 25 percent did so online and 12 percent through online video, according to a new white paper from comScore and the Coalition …

LOS ANGELES: ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC, along with TeleFutura, Telemundo and Univision, are applying their TV content ratings to the online delivery of shows, starting in December 2012. Parents will be able to use the TV ratings system that usually appears in the upper left-hand corner of the TV screen for …