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NEW YORK: GroupM Entertainment has entered into a partnership with Alloy Digital to develop, produce and market two original episodic web series. GroupM Entertainment will invest in both Chasing: Season 2 and Encore. Both are digital properties conceived of by Alloy Digital and are targeted toward consumers 12 to 34. …

LOS ANGELES: Shady Films, the production company set up by Eminem and Paul Rosenberg, has joined Electus as an equity partner in the hip-hop lifestyle website WatchLOUD.com. WatchLOUD will have an exclusive first look at all digital and TV projects from Shady Films. WatchLOUD and Shady Films first teamed up …

LOS ANGELES: Comedian and author Adam Carolla has been lined up to give the keynote address at this year’s American Film Market (AFM), scheduled for November 6 to 13 in Santa Monica. Carolla is credited with organizing a crowd funding campaign for his new film, Road Hard, through FundAnything.com. He …

NEW YORK: Lauren Zalaznick is leaving NBCUniversal after 12 years with the company, with members of her team now reporting to Jeff Shell, the newly appointed chairman of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, or Cesar Conde, recently tapped as executive VP. Zalaznick was most recently executive VP of NBCUniversal, charged with …

ENGLEWOOD/BURBANK: DISH and The Walt Disney Company have reached a short-term extension for the continued carriage of such networks as ESPN and Disney Channel, avoiding a potential blackout for now. The agreement is for ESPN; Disney Channel; ABC-owned stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Houston, Raleigh-Durham …

NEW YORK: CBS has hired Stacy Mandelberg as VP of limited series and event programming, a newly created position that reports to both Nina Tassler, the president of CBS Entertainment, and David Stapf, the president of CBS Television Studios. Mandelberg will acquire, develop and oversee production of short-run scripted programming …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES: Eric Shiu has been appointed VP of marketing and communications at Entertainment One (eOne) Television. Shiu will be overseeing eOne TV's worldwide marketing and communications efforts from its L.A. hub. Shiu will work closely with the marketing divisions of the company's broadcast and digital partners to create and …

CANNES: For broadcasters looking to fill their holiday slots, there is Mance Media’s special Magic Man, featuring Greg Frewin. The company also has a wealth of series for buyers looking for lifestyle content and docu-series. This includes The Bartenders, about Manhattan-based mixologists, and Real Heroes Among Us, which tells stories …

CANNES: Episodic procedural shows with distinct lead characters are in demand globally, according to Belinda Menendez, the president of NBCUniversal International Television Distribution and Universal Networks International. “These are the series that bring in the largest audiences around the world,” she says. “In Ironside and Chicago PD, we have two …

TORONTO: This fall Breakthrough Entertainment's True Heroines and Producing Parker are due to debut on Hulu and Hulu Plus in the U.S. True Heroines is a science-fiction dramedy produced by True Heroines Entertainment for the web. The show is about a trio of 1950s housewives who possess superpowers. The cast …