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PORT WASHINGTON: According to the latest NPD Group TV Everywhere Report, around one in every five pay-TV subscribers (21 percent) use the TV Everywhere services offered by their provider at least once a month. The report finds that those who subscribe to SVOD are actually among the most active TV …

LAUSANNE: NBCUniversal has been awarded the broadcast rights in the U.S. for the Olympic Games through to 2032 in a deal with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). NBCU has acquired the broadcast rights across all media platforms, including free-to-air television, subscription television, Internet and mobile. The agreement from 2021 to …

ATLANTA: TBS has added to its roster three new comedies, including Angie Tribeca (working title), a police procedural satire from Steve and Nancy Carell that stars Rashida Jones. The network went for ten episodes of Angie Tribeca, which is slated for a 2015 launch. The single-camera comedy focuses on an …

NEW YORK: According to a new study from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and GfK, some 22 percent of Americans—52 million people—are watching original digital video each month, a 15-percent gain on last year. The findings were released in the 2014 Original Digital Video Study as the Digital Content NewFronts …

NEW YORK: Oxygen Media has five new projects on its development slate, in addition to the recent greenlighting of seven original series. New to the development roster is Sister Witches (working title), which follows the lives of three sisters facing their 20s who are learning how to harness their powers …

LOS ANGELES: The series The Haves and the Have Nots, which GRB Entertainment is highlighting at the L.A. Screenings, comes from creator Tyler Perry and was produced for OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. The show follows the dynamic between the rich and powerful Cryer family and the hired help who work …

BEVERLY HILLS: Survivor's Remorse, a comedy series from showrunner Mike O'Malley, has kicked off production in Atlanta for delivery later in the year. Survivor's Remorse spotlights the life of a basketball player who recently signed a multi-million-dollar contract with a professional team. The show, which stars Jessie T. Usher (Level Up), …

NEW YORK: International licensing revenues and U.S. affiliate and retrans fees were among the drivers of CBS Corporation's first-quarter financials, with profit rising to $468 million despite a slip in revenues to $3.86 billion. "I'm very pleased to be reporting record first quarter profits, driven once again by our fast-growing, …

BURBANK: ABC has renewed several of its hit shows, including Modern Family and Scandal, and has ordered a number of projects to series, among them How to Get Away with Murder, a new legal thriller from Shonda Rhimes. The network has renewed the comedies The Goldbergs and Modern Family, and …

UNIVERSAL CITY: USA Network has unveiled a development slate that includes new projects from Amy Poehler, Jodie Foster and Carlton Cuse, among others, and has announced a cast-contingent pickup of Universal Cable Productions' Stanistan. Stanistan focuses on State Department workers, covert CIA officers and journalists on the American compound in …