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LOS ANGELES: Shine America and Jack Black’s Electric Dynamite Productions are collaborating on the new online comedy series Ghost Ghirls, which will be an exclusive for Yahoo! Screen. Black along with Jake Johnson, Molly Shannon, Jason Schwartzman and a host of other celebrities are lined up to make cameos in …

DALLAS/ENGLEWOOD: The Starz Play, Encore Play and Movieplex Play authenticated online services are now part of the AT&T U-verse TV offerings. All three authenticated online offerings are available at no extra cost to AT&T U-verse TV subscribers of the Starz suite of premium channels. The AT&T U-verse TV deal marks the first launch …

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO: Nielsen and Twitter are teaming up to deliver a syndicated-standard metric for the reach of the TV conversation on the social micro-blogging site, dubbed Nielsen Twitter TV Rating. The social TV audience measurement and analytics service will be available at the start of the fall 2013 TV season. Nielsen Twitter TV Rating …

BEVERLY HILLS: The William S. Paley Television Festival has selected Ryan Murphy, behind such hit TV shows as Glee and American Horror Story, as the recipient of the first-ever PaleyFest Icon Award. This marks the first such honor in the festival’s 30-year history. Murphy will accept the honor at a celebration …

LOS ANGELES: For the first time, FA Cup coverage will air on a U.S. broadcast network, with FOX slated to carry third-round action from the British football tournament this January as well as the final in May. On January 5, FOX will broadcast the third-round match between West Ham United and Manchester United. It will …

NEW YORK: HISTORY has slated the debut of the docudrama The Bible, executive produced by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey and narrated by Keith David, for March 3. A combination of live-action and CGI, the ten-hour/five-part epic will reenact different stories from the religious collection of text, ranging from the …

NEW YORK: K9, a spinoff of the hit U.K. drama Doctor Who, is scheduled to premiere on Syfy in the U.S. during a full series marathon on Christmas Day. K9, which combines live action and CGI, is about a robotic dog that fights against evil humans and aliens with the …

NEW YORK: SpongeBob SquarePants was the show that had the most social activity around it this year, according to Trendrr’s social TV rankings, followed by The X Factor and then The Voice. Trendrr measures social media activity related to specific television shows, including mentions, likes and check-ins, across Twitter, Facebook, …

REDMOND: Nintendo TVii, a free integrated service for the recently launched Wii U console that curates cable, satellite and VOD offerings into one place, makes its debut tomorrow in the U.S. and Canada. The Nintendo TVii provides a seamless second-screen experience on the new Wii U GamePad controller. It takes all of …

SEATTLE: Six original comedy pilots have been greenlit for production by Amazon Studios, which will then post the completed projects on Amazon Instant Video for customers to watch for free and provide feedback that will help determine which should get full orders. This marks the studio’s first pilot production since …