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LOS ANGELES: FOX has given a straight-to-series order for the comedy/horror anthology series Scream Queens, which comes from Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan and Dante Di Loreto, executive producers of Glee and American Horror Story. The first installment centers on a college campus that is rocked by a series …

ENGLEWOOD: Turner Broadcasting has removed Boomerang, Cartoon Network, CNN, CNN en Español, HLN, truTV and Turner Classic Movies from the DISH programming lineup. The move follows a contract dispute between the two. The companies have been unable to negotiate new terms for a renewed distribution agreement. Turner has now refused …

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has secured a U.S. slot for the comedy Schitt’s Creek with the cable network POP, which is rebranding from TVGN. POP is owned by CBS Corporation and Lionsgate. It has a footprint of more than 80 million homes in the U.S. Schitt’s Creek …

NEW YORK/CHICAGO: The CBS Television Stations group has teamed up with Weigel Broadcasting to launch Decades, a new U.S. entertainment service featuring classic content for distribution across local TV stations' digital subchannels. The diginet will cull its content from a library of more than 100 classic TV series, including I …

SAN JOSE/NEW YORK: Adobe and Nielsen have entered into a strategic alliance in an effort to deliver the industry's first comprehensive, cross-platform system for measuring online TV, video and digital content across the web and apps. The collaboration will integrate Nielsen’s digital audience measurement products with Adobe Analytics and Adobe …

LOS ANGELES: On-location TV production in Los Angeles increased 31.1 percent in Q3 compared to the prior year, with dramas being a particularly strong segment of business. According to FilmL.A., nearly all TV categories posted gains in the third quarter. TV dramas increased 43.2 percent, reality rose 49.2 percent and …

PHILADELPHIA: NBCUniversal saw double-digit operating cash flow growth in its third quarter, led by ratings momentum from its broadcast network, contributing to a solid overall performance for Comcast Corporation. Revenue at NBCU was up 1.2 percent to $5.9 billion in Q3 compared to the prior year's quarter, as revenue growth …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has paused its 180-day informal time clock in the reviews of the proposed mergers of AT&T and DIRECTV and of Comcast Corporation and Time Warner Cable (TWC). The reviews are paused until further notice. It comes in the wake of a series …

NEW YORK: The New York Television Festival (NYTVF) is launching a new arm, NYTVF Productions, formed to be a production partner for independent television artists to develop pilot presentations and/or series for TV and digital networks. NYTVF Productions has four development partners already in place: A&E Network, FOX, HISTORY and …

NEW YORK/LONDON: As part of a wide-ranging partnership between AMC Networks and BBC Worldwide, AMC Networks is acquiring a 49.9 percent stake in BBC America. The two companies have struck a long-term creative partnership agreement. Under the terms of the pact, AMC Networks is investing $200 million for the equity …