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SANTA MONICA: Seasoned TV exec Amy Thurlow has been appointed as the COO and CFO of dick clark productions. In her new position, Thurlow will work out of Santa Monica under Mike Mahan, the president of dick clark productions. Thurlow most recently served as the CFO and executive VP of …

ENGLEWOOD: The U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld a previous ruling to reject Fox Broadcasting Company's efforts to stop DISH subscribers from using two place-shifting features. The issue is with the DISH Anywhere and Hopper Transfers services found on DISH's Hopper Whole-Home DVR platform. DISH Anywhere uses Sling technology to …

LOS ANGELES: Charter Communications has launched the French-language entertainment channel TV5MONDE USA HD in Fort Worth, Texas; Los Angeles, California; and Reno, Nevada. July programming highlights on the 24/7 network include the films Shanghai Blues, Nouveau Monde, which tells the story of a man who must choose between moving to …

NEW YORK: Dave Duff, a seasoned sales and marketing exec, has become the VP of content distribution for the multiplatform network Revolt. In his new role, Duff is expected to increase sales and demand for Revolt across key markets and prospect systems. He is charged with leading the network's distribution …

BURBANK: ABC Family has appointed Salaam Coleman Smith, former president of Style Media, as the network's new executive VP of strategy and programming. Coleman Smith will work under Tom Ascheim, the president of ABC Family. Her duties include overseeing long-term growth strategies and opportunities for the channel, including key business …

NEW YORK: Time Warner has rejected a reported $80 billion takeover offer from Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox. “21st Century Fox can confirm that we made a formal proposal to Time Warner last month to combine the two companies,” the company said. “The Time Warner Board of Directors declined to …

TORONTO: ABC remains the top "must-keep TV" channel in America, according to a survey from the Solutions Research Group (SRG), followed very closely by CBS. NBC beat out FOX to take the number three spot in the latest edition of the Must-Keep TV Report from SRG. The proportion of Americans …

LOS ANGELES: The Television Critics Association (TCA) named AMC's Breaking Bad as program of the year at its annual awards over the weekend, while Netflix's Orange Is the New Black (OITNB) was celebrated as the outstanding new program. Winners for the 30th Annual TCA Awards were selected by the association's …

PHILADELPHIA/BRISTOL: ESPN and Comcast Cable have inked a carriage deal that will see Comcast distributing the new sports-themed SEC Network to Xfinity TV customers. The channel is set to launch at the start of the Southeastern Conference collegiate football season. Both the network and its accompanying digital offerings will air …

LOS ANGELES/SUNNYVALE: Yahoo and The Weinstein Company have teamed up for the U.S. pre-theatrical release of One Chance, a film about Britain’s Got Talent winner Paul Potts. The movie will be available exclusively on Yahoo Screen this fall. Tony- and BAFTA-winning actor James Corden stars as Potts, an amateur opera …