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NEW YORK: CBS Corporation posted second-quarter earnings that were down 7 percent, impacted by softer advertising sales and lower program licensing fees. For the quarter ended June 30, CBS reported net income of $439 million, compared to $472 million in the year-ago period. Revenue was down by 5.4 percent to …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: Despite a dip in revenue, Lionsgate reported first-quarter earnings that were higher than the prior-year period. For the three months ended June 30, Lionsgate posted earnings at $43.3 million, compared to a profit of $13.6 million in the same period a year ago. Revenue, however, took a hit, …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Director Christopher Menaul is on board the upcoming three-hour TV event Killing Jesus, produced by Scott Free Productions for National Geographic Channel. Currently in pre-production, Killing Jesus is set to debut globally on National Geographic Channel in 2015 in 171 countries and 45 languages. It will air on …

LONDON: Despite rising costs to customers and the increase of alternative online video subscription services, pay-TV subscriber numbers in the U.S. remain relatively resilient, according to informitv's Multiscreen Index. New figures show that the top ten pay-TV services in the U.S. lost 165,500 digital television customers in the second quarter, …

CULVER CITY: Lisa and Ben Donovan, siblings who were co-founders of Maker Studios, have left the company. Their departure comes just three months after Disney purchased the company. The pair established the MCN, which provides production and marketing services for more than 55,000 YouTube creators, along with Danny Zappin in …

SEATTLE: Five different titles from an assortment of creators are due to premiere August 28 as part of Amazon Instant Video’s third pilot season in the U.S. and the U.K. Those pilots include three half-hour comedies and two hour-long thrillers, which will all be available for customers to watch, rate …

NEW YORK: The Zimmer Children’s Museum is honoring Dick Lippin, the chairman, CEO and founder of the PR agency The Lippin Group, with the first-ever Icon Award. The award will be presented during the Zimmer Children’s Museum’s annual gala, to be held November 13 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The …

LOS ANGELES: MarVista Entertainment has picked up the North American distribution rights for Sex Ed, a romantic comedy film starring Haley Joel Osment that is slated for theatrical and VOD release in the fall. Written by Bill Kennedy (House of Cards), Sex Ed is about a new teacher who decides …

ATLANTA: The male-skewed Grit network is set to launch in the U.S. on August 18 with the classic High Noon, while the female-focused Escape channel premieres with Body Heat. Both channels, positioned as the country's first-ever male- and female-centric over-the-air broadcast networks, debut on Monday, August 18, at 12 p.m. …

LOS ANGELES: Ryan Seacrest Productions (RSP) has signed a two-year overall deal with CBS Television Studios for the development of scripted programming. The pact sees RSP developing projects for broadcast and cable outlets, as well as video streaming services and other emerging distributors. The company's scripted division is led by …