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NEW YORK: Fernando Szew, the CEO of MarVista Entertainment, sat down with World Screen’s Anna Carugati to discuss the company’s accomplishments and his vision for the future.   Szew is the first to admit that the ten years since 2003, when MarVista Entertainment was founded, have gone by very, very …

LOS ANGELES: Sean Boyle has been elevated to VP of development at Discovery Channel, where he is taking on an expanded position. Boyle will keep working out of Los Angeles under Nancy Daniels, the executive VP of programming and production at Discovery Channel. He will continue to supervise the development …

NEW YORK: CBS Corporation has reached an agreement with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks that restores service of all CBS channels, including Showtime, to the provider's cable systems across the country. The specific terms of the deal are not being disclosed. However, the pact does include retransmission consent, …

MONTEREY: SNL Kagan estimates that cable, DBS and telco video providers collectively lost 366,000 video subscribers in the second quarter, however, this is actually an 11-percent improvement from the loss posted in the year-ago quarter. The multichannel industry is still below its mid-2012 levels. The combined cable, telco and DBS …

LONDON: Following on the heels of ITV's acquisition of Gurney Productions, High Noon Entertainment and Thinkfactory Media, the company has established the ITV Studios U.S. Group, which also includes the existing ITV Studios America business. The group will be led by a leadership team chaired by Paul Buccieri, the president …

LOS ANGELES: David Goldberg, the chairman and CEO of Endemol North America, is planning to step down at the end of December, after more than 13 years with the company. Goldberg was hired by Endemol founder John De Mol in 2000. Under Goldberg's leadership, Endemol USA has grown to become …

LONDON: NBCUniversal International Television Production has named JoAnn Alfano as executive VP of scripted programming. Alfano will be overseeing the company's global scripted business. She will also supervise the development and production of scripted programming across the portfolio of companies that includes Carnival, Lucky Giant and Matchbox Pictures. She will …

NEW YORK: The Paley Center for Media and the Mayor's Office of Media & Entertainment are presenting the first annual PaleyFest: Made in NY on October 2 to 6 at the Paley Center in New York. PaleyFest: Made in NY will have panel events that include the casts and creators …

BEVERLY HILLS: Starz is working with LeBron James, Tom Werner, Mike O'Malley, Maverick Carter and Paul Wachter to develop a half-hour scripted comedy series for the channel, Survivor's Remorse. The series will look at what happens when you achieve success, with its challenges, complexities and the guilt of having "made …

LONDON/TORONTO: Entertainment One (eOne) has signed a multi-year distribution agreement to handle the international sales for all original scripted series from U.S.-based AMC Networks' AMC and Sundance Channel. Sundance Channel Global plans to carry select series from the eOne output deal on its networks. This is the first time that …