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NEW YORK: CBS Corporation reported revenues of $3.37 billion in the third quarter, up 2 percent from the same quarter a year ago, with growth driven by a 4 percent increase in content licensing and distribution revenues. Advertising revenues grew 2 percent, driven by the broadcast of Thursday Night Football …

LOS ANGELES: Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP) has expanded its digital team, hiring John P. Roberts as chief digital officer and promoting Kesila Childers to VP of BMP Digital. Roberts, most recently senior VP of digital media and commercial ventures at Endemol, will lead the BMP Digital division for the Banijay Group-owned …

LOS ANGELES: FOX is bringing back the quiz show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, with comedian Jeff Foxworthy returning as host. The show tests adults' lack of knowledge in subjects commonly taught in grammar school to see how much they've forgotten. The adults have the opportunity to get …

LONDON: The latest Multiscreen Index from informitv shows that gains by telco providers in the U.S. helped to offset the subscriber losses among leading cable and satellite TV services. There was a net loss of 45,000 digital TV homes in the third quarter across the ten leading services in the …

SANTA MONICA: Revenue was up 11 percent at Lionsgate for the second quarter to $552.9 million, with a particularly strong performance from its television operations. Adjusted EBITDA was $59 million, adjusted net income $33 million and net income $20.8 million. Revenue for the Television Production segment rose to $154.9 million …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBCUniversal Cable has appointed several new senior executives for Universal Cable Productions and NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. Richard Rothstein was upped to executive VP of current programming at Universal Cable Productions. The exec supervises a slate of shows including the long-running USA Network titles Suits, Royal Pains and Covert …

LOS ANGELES: David Tutera, an American wedding and entertainment expert, has entered into a first-look partnership with Craig Piligian's Pilgrim Studios. Under the agreement, Tutera will collaborate with Pilgrim Studios to produce unscripted and scripted projects spanning a variety of genres, including lifestyle. The two have already teamed up to …

LOS ANGELES/AUSTIN: Global youth media company Fullscreen has acquired the online creative studio Rooster Teeth, which has produced online series such as Red vs. Blue and hosts a popular YouTube multichannel network. Through the acquisition, Fullscreen will support the production of Rooster Teeth’s existing series and the development of new premium …

LOS ANGELES: The original comedy The Wrong Mans, co-produced by Hulu and BBC Comedy, is returning for a sophomore season on December 24. Returning for season two are series co-creator, writer and star James Corden (Gavin and Stacey, The History Boys) and co-creator, writer and star Mathew Baynton (Peep Show, …

NEW YORK: The IFC network has partnered with AboveAverage and UCB Comedy to launch a new online humor hub called IFC Comedy Crib. The digital platform will host short-form comedy made by some of the channel’s favorite comedians, along with acquired series from AboveAverage and UCB Comedy. Currently available series …