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LOS ANGELES: Ted Gold has been tapped for the newly created post of senior VP of scripted original series at Spike TV. Gold will be reporting to Sharon Levy, the executive VP of original series. He is tasked with oversight for all scripted programming at the network, from development through …

HOLLYWOOD: The Hollywood Film Awards, which honor excellence in filmmaking, will air live on CBS on November 14 from the Hollywood Palladium. CBS will begin coverage at 7:30 p.m. with a red carpet pre-show, leading up to the 8 p.m. awards broadcast. The ceremony will be followed by a one-hour …

NEW YORK: VICE Media has received $250 million from a minority investment by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), coming shortly after A+E Networks' $250 million investment, with the company now valued at more than $2.5 billion. The TCV investment will be used by VICE to further develop its slate of digital …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES: Gannett Broadcasting and Debmar-Mercury have tapped TV executive Stephanie Eno as the VP of development for the companies’ new programming partnership. That recent partnership was made to produce and test programming of varying lengths and genres, with chosen shows entering national syndication. Gannett will use its digital …

LOS ANGELES: Slingshot Global Media has entered into a first-look agreement with El Jefe, a production comedy set up by novelists Brian McGreevy (Hemlock Grove), Lee Shipman (Hemlock Grove) and Philipp Meyer (The Son). The production company is based in Los Angeles, with an aim to identify projects that will …

UNIVERSAL CITY: Michael Wright, who announced his exit as TNT, TBS and TCM programming president just last week, has been tapped as CEO of DreamWorks Studios, effective January 3, 2015. Wright will report directly to Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks' chairman, and have responsibility for the creative aspects of the company's motion …

NEW YORK: Bravo Media has promoted Shari Levine from senior VP to executive VP of current production for Bravo. Levine will keep working under Jerry Leo, the executive VP of program strategy for Bravo and Oxygen Media, and production for Bravo Media. She will continue to manage the network's growing …

LOS ANGELES: The British actor and comedian James Corden has been tapped as the new host of The Late Late Show on CBS in the U.S. Corden is a Tony Award-winning performer on Broadway, a BAFTA-winning star of TV series, a feature-film actor and an acclaimed host, writer and TV …

NEW YORK: Viacom and Sony Corporation have reached a landmark agreement for the carriage of networks such as Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon on a soon-to-launch cloud-based TV service. Sony's upcoming service will carry 22 Viacom networks from launch, among them Spike, BET, Palladia and Nick Jr. The pact also …

NEW YORK: While the amount of U.S. pay-TV customers planning to cut the cord remains small, the number is on the rise, according to a new survey from Frank N. Magid Associates. The survey found that 2.9 percent of pay-TV customers are "very likely" to cancel their service in the …