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UNIVERSAL CITY: Jeffrey Kaufman has become the senior VP of digital for USA Network, where he oversees product development, monetization strategies and content development for the channel's digital properties. Kaufman most recently served as the senior VP of digital video for Allow Entertainment. He began his career with MTV Networks, …

PHILADELPHIA: NBCUniversal’s fourth-quarter revenues were up 7.5 percent, with Comcast Corporation’s overall revenues rising 6.2 percent in the period to $16.9 billion, delivering a net income of $1.9 billion. "I am very pleased to report strong results for the fourth quarter and the full year 2013,” said Brian L. Roberts, …

BURBANK: ABC Family is launching a new online series featuring original content from the hit drama The Fosters, with webisodes running three to five minutes in length. The Fosters: Girls United starts on February 3. The five-part series will be available on ABC Family’s official YouTube channel, with new episodes …

LOS ANGELES: The film financing, production and consulting firm Indomitable Entertainment has established an in-house TV division for the production of scripted series, TV movies and reality programming. Jon Ferro, previously the head of TV and digital sales at Lionsgate, has been tapped as president of the company’s entertainment division, …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Roy Sekoff, founding editor of Huffington Post and president and co-creator of HuffPost Live, is slated to give the keynote address at this year's NAB Show Disruptive Media Conference, which is produced in association with Digital Media Wire. The speech will take place on Wednesday, April 9. In …

LOS ANGELES: Bones, a drama series, has been renewed for a tenth season on FOX, which has also scheduled the premiere of Kitchen Nightmares' new season and the season finale of Almost Human. The new season of Bones will debut on Monday, March 10 at 8 p.m. The show stars Emily …

NEW YORK: Nielsen and CBS Corporation have expanded their relationship with a view to advancing the state of cross-platform audience measurement. The long-term agreement includes the creation of attitudinal and behavioral segmentations that enable more discrete precision marketing and facilitate a better understanding of the path of purchasing and resulting …

NEW YORK/SEATTLE: Through an expanded licensing agreement, classic series and hit shows from CBS Television Distribution and Showtime Networks are headed to Amazon's Prime Instant Video service. Prime Instant Video customers are gaining access to hits such as Medium, The Tudors, the complete Star Trek franchise and I Love Lucy, …

NEW YORK: Ian Ziering and Tara Reid, the stars of the surprise summer hit Sharknado, have signed up to reprise their roles in the TV movie’s upcoming sequel, which will start filming in New York next month. Filming for Sharknado 2: The Second One is scheduled to start in February …

NEW YORK: Aereo has added another market to its reach, with a launch planned for San Antonio, Texas, on February 19. Aereo, who is awaiting a Supreme Court trial regarding its remote antenna/DVR television technology, will now expand to 22 counties across Texas. The New York-based service is already operating …