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NASHVILLE: The family sitcoms Reba and Yes, Dear are headed to CMT this fall as part of a licensing pact with Twentieth Television. The syndicated episodes of both shows will air in weekday blocks starting August 1. Reba will launch on the network with a seven-hour marathon, kicking off August …

DURHAM: The average U.S. household spends $78.63 per month for multi-channel video service, which is up 7.2 percent from a year ago, according to new consumer data from Leichtman Research Group. However, this price hike hasn’t resulted in widespread cord-cutting. The percentage of households that subscribe to pay-TV service is …

LOS ANGELES: Following on the success of the original docu-series Tia & Tamera, Style Media has acquired the rights to air the ’90s sitcom Sister, Sister, which features the twin stars Tia and Tamera Mowry. Style will launch the show in a weekday morning slot starting July 9 at 7 …

NEW YORK: Hip Hop Global Media & Entertainment is planning to launch two new networks at NATPE 2013, Hip Hop 1TV and Hip Hop 2Movie. Hip Hop 1TV will be a 24-hour all hip-hop network. The service will feature daily and weekly shows, themed video segments and annual specials. Topics …

LOS ANGELES: The American Film Market (AFM) has unveiled the topics and schedule for its five-day conference series, which will take place as part of the event that runs from October 31 to November 7 in Santa Monica. The conferences will take place from 9:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. daily …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central Enterprises is a new business division that will focus on building the Comedy Central brand through consumer products, home video, CDs, digital downloads, publishing and live tours. Comedy Central Enterprises will bring together consumer products, home entertainment, records, live entertainment and publishing, which were previously independent …

NEW YORK: Syfy has renewed the competition series Total Blackout for a second season, comprised of 16 new episodes. In the show, contestants are placed in a room that is completely dark and they are tasked with performing several challenges. The winners are rewarded with cash prizes. Jaleel White (Family …

NEW YORK: Channels such as Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and TV Land may be dropped from the DIRECTV lineup if no new agreement is reached with Viacom by midnight tonight. Nearly 20 million DIRECTV subscribers would be without a total of 26 Viacom channels, including BET, VH1, CMT and Spike …

NEW YORK: A New York federal judge has sided with the broadcasters in the legal spat over DISH’s AutoHop feature, ruling that the case should be tried in California, as requested by FOX, CBS and NBC. DISH had asked a federal judge in New York to stop broadcasters from pursuing …

UNIVERSAL CITY: Comcast Corporation’s NBCUniversal has sold its 15.8 percent stake in A&E Television Networks for $3.025 billion to its joint-venture partners The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Corporation. Following the deal, the two companies will each own 50 percent of A&E. The amount will be paid in cash and also …