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NEW YORK: AMC has secured a two-year tie-up with Scott Free Productions for the development and production of scripted cable projects for the network. This marks the first time that Scott Free has entered into a first-look pact with a cable network to produce TV projects. There are already a few …

NEW YORK: In its strongest ever quarterly results, CBS Corporation has reported a Q1 revenue of $4.04 billion, a 6-percent gain, delivering an operating income that was 18 percent higher at $800 million. The company said its revenues topped the $4 billion mark for the first time since becoming a …

LOS ANGELES: HBO has placed an order for a third season of the Julia Louis-Dreyfus comedy Veep, from creator Armando Iannucci. Season three will have ten new episodes, launching in 2014. The show kicked off its second season on April 14, exclusively on HBO. Louis-Dreyfus plays Selina Meyer, the Vice President …

LOS ANGELES: Mission Pictures International and Venevision Productions are working together to co-produce English-language films with inspirational messages. Production on the first film to come out of the partnership will start in Miami later this year. A release for the initial project is planned for 2014. The aim is to …

NEW YORK: IMG Media, part of IMG, a worldwide sports, fashion and media company, has appointed senior VP Hillary Mandel as its head of distribution, acquisitions and sales for the U.S. In her new role, Mandel will work under Ioris Francini, IMG Media’s executive VP and head of acquisitions and sales …

NEW YORK: Electus has made a strategic investment in Hud:sun Media, the production company behind such series as Pregnant in Heels for Bravo and I’m Having Their Baby for Oxygen. The agreement sees Hud:sun Media, which was founded by Michael Rourke and MDC Partners, working closely with Electus to develop and …

NEW YORK: The WorldScreen.com L.A. Screenings 2013 preview site features a video interview with CBS Global Distribution Group’s Armando Nuñez, a Q&A with Warner Bros.’ Jeffrey Schlesinger and much more, providing you with a number of useful services in one location. The video interview with Armando Nuñez, the president and …

LOS ANGELES: Open Road Films has inked a deal to market and sell XLrator Media titles to pay- and free-TV outlets, as well as certain SVOD carriers. Titles released by XLrator Media, a multiplatform company established in 2010, include such independent genre films as Ironclad, John Carpenter’s The Ward, Bunraku, …

LOS ANGELES: Fox Television Studios (FTVS) has appointed Andy Bourne as its new VP of programming, reporting to company president David Madden. Bourne comes to the role from Oni-Press/Closed on Mondays Productions, which is based at Universal TV. He had been serving as the senior VP of development and production there …

LOS ANGELES: One of Multicom Entertainment Group’s main focuses as of late has been on increasing its delivery to digital outlets, according to chairman Irv Holender. From its catalogue, the independent global distribution outfit is promoting mini-series such as Family Pictures, which stars Anjelica Huston, Sam Neill and Kyra Sedgwick. …