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LOS ANGELES: FX Networks has ordered the comedy pilot Atlanta, created by and starring Donald Glover (Community). Glover serves as executive producer, along with Paul Simms (Girls, Flight of the Conchords) and Dianne McGunigle of Schiff Company. The pilot will be produced by FX Productions. Atlanta centers on two cousins …

SEATTLE: HBO GO is now available on Amazon Fire TV and will soon also be accessible on the Fire TV Stick. HBO GO joins a growing list of services that support Amazon Fire TV voice search, which allows customers to say the name of a movie or TV show to …

NEW YORK: Nielsen Social analyzed Twitter TV activity around 72 weekly broadcast and cable series and has found that the majority of chatter takes place within the live viewing window. According to Nielsen Social, 68 percent of tweets during the period analyzed took place within three hours before through three …

LONDON: Channel 4 has signed a multi-season deal for the U.S. comedy The Goldbergs, which will air on the youth-skewed digital channel E4. Season one will debut in early 2015 on E4. The sitcom premiered in the U.S. on ABC in September 2013. It averaged 7 million viewers across its …

ENGLEWOOD: DISH is now the first major pay-TV provider in the U.S. to integrate the Netflix app into its set-top box, providing customers with instant access to hits such as Orange Is the New Black and House of Cards from the same platform they use to watch linear channels. The …

SILVER SPRING: Bradley Siegel, currently the vice chairman of the UP network, has been appointed president of TV One, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Siegel will be responsible for overseeing and leading all business and creative aspects of TV One. Siegel co-founded the UP network with Charley Humbard and …

NEW YORK: Bolstering its TV Everywhere strategy, NBCUniversal is rolling out the authenticated Bravo Now and Telemundo Now services on Xbox One consoles. Joining the USA Now and Syfy Now services, Bravo Now and Telemundo Now will deliver authenticated access to content from each of those brands the day after …

ATLANTA: Bounce TV is set to air back-to-back episodes of the series Roc, The Parent 'Hood, A Different World and The Hughleys. The network, targeted at African Americans, picked up 72 episodes of Roc and 90 episodes of The Parent 'Hood from Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. It scored 144 …

PREMIUM: Bruce Rosenblum, the president of Legendary Television and Digital Media, talks to World Screen about the team he is building, projects in development and his continued commitment to quality content. WS: For nearly three decades at Warner Bros., you oversaw some of the most successful shows on television. Now …

PHILADELPHIA: Comcast Corporation has launched Xfinity in UHD, a 4K ultra high-definition on-demand programming app for Samsung UHD TVs. The Xfinity UHD app currently features seasons of TV shows from NBC and USA Network, with offerings such as Chicago Fire, Suits and Covert Affairs. The hit comedy Parks and Recreation …