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LOS ANGELES: Shine America has linked up with EMJAG Digital Productions and New Regency to create and distribute digital content. New Regency will co-produce and co-finance select digital products, along with Shine America, through a new first-look deal. Shine America and New Regency will provide production financing opportunities in the …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has mapped out the premieres and sneak peeks for its new fall prime-time programming, with most of the shows rolling out ahead of the official start of the season. The rollout starts with commercial-free sneak previews of the comedies Go On—coming August 8 after the evening’s coverage …

NEW YORK: Trisha Espinoza has been elevated to VP of program planning, scheduling and acquisitions at Oxygen Media. Espinoza continues to manage the network’s day-to-day episodic scheduling. She takes on the added responsibility of identifying and analyzing all acquisition opportunities for the network. She reports to Sarah Tomassi Lindman, the senior …

NEW YORK: Advertising expenditures in the U.S. increased across all TV media types in the first quarter of 2012, according to figures from Kantar Media. Total advertising spending in Q1 2012 increased 2.6 percent from the year ago, finishing the period at $32.9 billion. Television adspend was up 7.6 percent compared …

LOS ANGELES: CBS has ordered a pilot for a new TV game show based on the mobile game Draw Something. A joint venture from Sony Pictures Television, Ryan Seacrest Productions and Embassy Row, the show will have celebrity contestants as well as everyday people playing for prizes in front of a …

LOS ANGELES: Homeland took the win as best drama series at the second annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards last night, while Community received the honors in the comedy category. NBC was the most awarded network, with five wins. ABC and AMC tied with three wins each. Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations was …

LOS ANGELES: FOX is kicking off the 2012-13 season with the return of The X Factor, which launches with a two-night event starting September 12. Glee will take over a new day and time as of September 13 at 9 p.m. Bones heads into its eighth season on September 17 …

DALLAS: A new study from Parks Associates finds that Netflix Watch Instantly rates higher in consumer satisfaction than premium broadcast TV because of the lower costs and viewing flexibility. The report, Choosing Content: Viewing Video, also finds that Netflix topped pay-TV VOD in terms of cost. The Netflix OTT service also influences …

NEW YORK: The most-added new shows on TVGuide.com’s Watchlist are The CW’s Arrow for dramas and NBC’s midseason series 1600 Penn for comedies. The Watchlist allows users to select the show—or celebrity, movie or keyword—they want to track, and the times, channels, websites and services the program is on will …

MIAMI: Tom Barreca is assuming responsibility as the senior VP of distribution at NPN Media. Barreca will lead the efforts for distribution to media outlets, websites and other relevant partners throughout the U.S. Barreca will be working with John Cuddihy, the president of NPN Media, to determine and drive the company’s strategic …