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NEW YORK: CBS is going for two more editions of Survivor for the 2014-15 season, marking cycles 29 and 30. Jeff Probst, who has won five Emmys for his hosting duties, signed a new agreement to continue as host and executive producer. Probst has been with the show since its …

PHILADELPHIA: Alexander Evans is joining Comcast Corporation this month as executive VP of global corporate development and strategy. Evans has been with the private equity firm Providence Equity Partners for the last 17 years, most recently as a managing director and head of the New York office as well as …

NEW YORK: The new half-hour series Looking, about three gay male friends looking for fulfillment in love and life while living in San Francisco, is scheduled for an exclusive launch on HBO on January 19. The series stars Jonathan Groff (Spring Awakening, HBO’s upcoming The Normal Heart), along with Frankie …

NEW YORK: Total advertising expenditures in the third quarter declined 1.9 percent from last year, finishing the period at $34 billion, according to Kantar Media. The quarter faced a tough comparison, though, from the Olympics and election year spending in 2012. Without the benefit of an Olympics event, network TV …

NEW YORK: More than 100 million cable, satellite and telco customers in the U.S. are gaining access to live streaming content of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, by verifying their accounts through NBCOlympics.com. There will be more than 1,000 hours of live streaming Olympics coverage available to …

LOS ANGELES: FOX Sports has renewed its exclusive U.S. and Caribbean media rights for three seasons of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League, two of the world’s most prestigious soccer tournaments. The partnership between the broadcaster and the UEFA, Europe’s governing body of soccer, will allow FOX …

NEW YORK/SANTA MONICA: Miramax and The Weinstein Company (TWC) have entered into a new multi-year deal for the co-production and co-distribution of projects derived from the Miramax library as well as original content. Films from the partnership will be released in the U.S. by TWC and sold internationally by Miramax. …

PORT WASHINGTON: According to The NPD Group, big box-office titles, franchise movies and current TV series are the most streamed content on subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services such as Netflix and Amazon Instant Video. From January through October, the top three ranked TV series streamed on SVOD services were all shows …

SHERMAN OAKS: ITV Studios America is aligning with Justin Killion, most recently the senior VP of development at Original Productions, in an overall deal for non-scripted content and a first-look agreement for scripted. The partnership has Killion committed to creating, developing and executive producing TV programming with ITV Studios America. …

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix has tapped Jane Wiseman, previously with Chernin Entertainment as senior VP of comedy, as a senior executive of original programming. Wiseman will report to Cindy Holland, the VP of original content at Netflix. During her time at Chernin, Wiseman helped to produce shows such as New Girl …