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LOS ANGELES: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) has purchased a 55 percent stake in Roma Downey, Mark Burnett and Hearst Entertainment’s One Three Media and LightWorkers Media, including all of their interests in such hit shows as Survivor, The Voice, Shark Tank, The Bible and The Apprentice. The plan is to consolidate …

LOS ANGELES: Key executives from a slew of production and distribution companies have been elected to the Independent Film & Television Alliance’s (IFTA) committee and board of directors. The membership meeting took place at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City and concurrently via telephone at the British Screen Advisory Council …

BURBANK: The Disney/ABC Television Group is re-launching its WATCH ABC services with new features, including social sharing services expected to provide more personalized experiences. Among the new additions are FastShare, a feature that will let viewers share clips or full episodes of their favorite shows while remaining within the app’s …

PALISADES PARK: Alfred Haber Television and Content Media Corporation, the international distributors of the 2014 Global Citizen Festival, have teamed up with music video and entertainment platform Vevo, which will live stream the event this weekend. The 2014 Global Citizen Festival asks world leaders to commit to ending extreme poverty …

BURBANK: ABC Family has picked up its first procedural drama, Stitchers, alongside ordering a second season of the comedy Young & Hungry. Stitchers is written by Jeffrey A. Schechter (Overruled!). It follows a young woman recruited into a covert government agency to be "stitched" into the minds of the recently …

SHERMAN OAKS: GRB Entertainment is slated to present the comedy drama Mohawk Girls at the upcoming MIPCOM. The 13×30-minute show is about four young Mohawk women trying to find love in the small world of their reservation. Rezolution Picture produced the series, with GRB handling distribution. “GRB Entertainment has been …

WESTPORT: Andy Weir, a former Warner Bros. exec who recently served at the U.S. Hispanic broadcaster Estrella TV, is launching Twin Bridge Media, a new distribution outfit based in the U.S. The company's slate includes court, lifestyle, music, independent film, reality and more. Programming represented by Twin Bridge Media include …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES: Frances Berwick has been named president of lifestyle networks at NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, overseeing Bravo Media, Oxygen Media, E! Entertainment and Esquire Network. Berwick will add strategic oversight of E! Entertainment and Esquire Network to her current duties at Bravo and Oxygen Media, continuing to report to …

NEW YORK: Viacom's Eddie Dalva has been upped to the role of executive VP of content and programming enterprises for Viacom Entertainment and Music Groups. Dalva will now oversee a wide array of programming responsibilities, including the pursuit of domestic and international content partnerships and programming enterprises, along with strategic co-ventures …

LOS ANGELES: FX Networks is going for second seasons of Married and You're the Worst, with the latter comedy moving to FXX for its next run. Both series wrapped ten-episode first seasons, and have been ordered for 13-episode second seasons. They are now available on FXNOW for authenticated subscribers. Both …