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LOS ANGELES: HBO's Behind the Candelabra, AMC's Breaking Bad and FOX newcomer Brooklyn Nine-Nine tied for the most wins at last night's Golden Globe Awards, which were hosted for the second year in a row by Tiny Fey and Amy Poehler. Breaking Bad won for best TV drama, with lead …

NEW YORK: The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case against the controversial streaming video service Aereo brought about by some of the country's biggest broadcasters. “We said from the beginning that it was our hope that this case would be decided on the merits and not …

PASADENA: Sundance Channel has picked up the U.S. broadcast rights for the second season of the supernatural drama The Returned, and has also renewed its original series The Writers' Room. Sundance Channel acquired the rights for season two of The Returned from Zodiak Rights. The first season of the French …

PASADENA: Revolt Live is scheduled to premiere on January 27 as the flagship show of Sean Combs' music network. Revolt Live will air live shows at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. daily. The original, one-hour series will feature special guests, artists and live performances. It will highlight the most talked …

PASADENA: Comedy Central has ordered the weekly animated series Moonbeam City and the scripted show Big Time in Hollywood, FL. Moonbeam City is created and executive produced by Scott Gairdner (Conan, Funny or Die), and is executive produced by Olive Bridge Entertainment's Will Gluck and Richard Schwartz. Rob Lowe also …

PASADENA: El Rey Network has licensed the cable rights for Starsky & Hutch, Dark Angel and The X-Files, and struck a separate deal with Mark Burnett that involves Lucha Libre wrestling. Burnett and El Rey Network are teaming up to create a new sports business in the U.S. featuring Lucha …

LOS ANGELES: FOX has entered into a strategic alliance with The Lonely Island to form a new alternative comedy development venture. Through the new venture, The Lonely Island will oversee the development of comedy projects that will be incubated through digital platforms such as Hulu and Roku. The ultimate goal …

ATLANTA: The Weather Channel is no longer available on DIRECTV in the U.S., after the two were unable to reach an agreement on a market-based carriage deal. The channel went dark at 12:01 a.m. for nearly 20 million viewers. Over the weekend, The Weather Channel had asked its viewers to …

STAMFORD/NEW YORK: The board of directors at Time Warner Cable has unanimously rejected Charter Communications' $61 billion takeover offer, calling the proposal "grossly inadequate." This is Charter's third attempt to merge with TWC. It first offered cash and stock valued at around $114 in June and $127 in October. Its …

PASADENA: FOX is planning to skip out on the annual TV-pilot process, according to Kevin Reilly, the chairman of entertainment at Fox Broadcasting Company. "We are essentially this year, really for the first time, bypassing pilot season," Reilly told reporters at the TCA. "The broadcasting, development and scheduling system was …