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PHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK: In an all-stock transaction worth $45.2 billion, Comcast Corporation is acquiring Time Warner Cable in a deal that is expected to close by the end of the year, pending regulatory approval. Comcast will acquire 100 percent of Time Warner Cable’s 284.9 million shares. In exchange, Time Warner Cable …

NEW YORK: Content licensing revenues from both traditional and digital platforms and retransmission content fees were among the key drivers in CBS Corporation's financials, with the company posting its highest-ever fourth quarter and full-year results. “CBS continues to turn in stellar performances year in and year out, and none better …

LOS ANGELES: David Ellender, formerly the CEO of FremantleMedia International, is launching a new independent TV studio, Slingshot Global Media. The company was formed in partnership with equity investment platform TPG Growth. It will focus on developing and producing drama and comedy TV programming for multiple platforms in the U.S. …

HOLLYWOOD: Mance Media has snapped up the domestic and international rights for Forev, a romantic comedy led by Noël Wells, who recently joined the cast of Saturday Night Live (SNL). Mance Media will be releasing Forev on DVD and Blu-ray on May 1. The company is also managing the U.S. …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Tom Wheeler, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is delivering a keynote address at the 2014 NAB Show in Las Vegas. On April 8 at 9 a.m., Wheeler will take to the stage to provide insight into his views on broadcasting and what his expectations are …

SEATTLE: Amazon and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) have agreed to a content licensing partnership that will see Prime Instant Video streaming past seasons of MTV’s Teen Wolf, along with a host of classic films. The popular series will air exclusively on Amazon’s online-only subscription home. The deal will also make available …

LOS ANGELES: Showtime has ordered a fifth season of Shameless and a fourth season of House of Lies, with a 12-episode order for each to air in 2015.  Along with the previously announced renewal of Episodes, Showtime is bringing back its full winter Sunday night lineup. The trio currently anchor …

SALT LAKE CITY: A federal judge in Utah has blocked the controversial TV streaming outfit Aereo from operating in several states, ahead of a U.S. Supreme court hearing in April. The U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball in Salt Lake City issued a preliminary injunction, ruling that Aereo's retransmission of video …

NEW YORK: Bravo Media is moving forward on its first original scripted series, Marti Noxon's Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce. Lisa Edelstein (House), Janeane Garofalo (Reality Bites) and Beau Garrett (Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior) are attached to star in the hour-long series, which has been picked up for 13 episodes for …

STUDIO CITY: Nina Tassler has been elevated to chairman of CBS Entertainment, signing a new contract with the company that extends through 2017. In her expanded post, Tassler will lead the network's entertainment programming across prime time, daytime and late night. She is also charged with program development in all …