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NEW YORK: The TV viewing audience of The Blacklist on NBC increased by nearly 7.8 million viewers from the live audience with time-shifted viewing, according to Nielsen's Tops of 2013 list, which also includes social ranking via Twitter. The Following was number two on Nielsen's list of the most time-shifted …

CUPERTINO: Apple has unveiled this year's iTunes Best of 2013 list, which has Breaking Bad as the most-downloaded TV-related program of the year. Breaking Bad The Final Season, Deluxe Edition was on top in the TV category for downloads on iTunes, followed by season three of Downton Abbey and season …

LOS ANGELES: Pivot has acquired all back episodes of the cult hit series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Veronica Mars, which will air in a block with back-to-back episodes on the network Mondays through Fridays starting at 10 p.m. Buffy was picked up in a deal with Twentieth Century Fox, …

NEW YORK: El Rey Network and General Motors have entered into an alliance for 2014 that will see exclusive automotive integrations featured in all the network's original programming. The agreement kicks off with the upcoming Robert Rodriguez project From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, which will feature a number of …

TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment's animated series Producing Parker is headed to the U.S. through a deal with Hulu, where it becomes available on both the free and paid services. The series features the voice of Sex and the City's Kim Cattrall. Each episode looks at the behind-the-scenes antics of The Dee …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: Lionsgate has optioned the TV rights for Nick Bilton's best-seller Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal, about the birth of the micro-blogging site Twitter.  Allison Shearmur is set as executive producer for the project. Bilton, a columnist and reporter for the New York …

LOS ANGELES: The streaming TV service Hulu has said that it will reach $1 billion in revenue by the end of this year, up from the $695 million recorded in 2012, and also has 5 million subscribers on its Hulu Plus premium service. As for its record revenue, Mike Hopkins, …

NEW YORK: The private investment firm Forstmann Little has agreed to sell IMG to competitor William Morris Endeavor (WME) and its financial backer, Silver Lake Partners. IMG has grown to become one of the world's leading sports, entertainment and media companies, with 3,500 employees in more than 30 countries around …

BEVERLY HILLS: Starz has elevated Bill Bergmann to senior VP of finance and planning, and Janet Dickinson to senior VP of finance and accounting and controller, while Joe Zamora has been upped to VP of finance. In his new role, Bergmann is charged with budgeting, planning and internal reporting activities …

HOLLYWOOD/NEW YORK: Revolt and Clear Channel Media and Entertainment are bringing the hit radio show on New York's Power 105 "The Breakfast Club" to TV for a live broadcast Monday through Friday. "The Breakfast Club" features Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee and DJ Envy. The nationally syndicated radio show will …