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NEW YORK: Spike TV has partnered with Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia's $7 Bucks Productions for a development deal to create and produce shows ranging from big live events, specials, sports and initiatives surrounding our troops and veterans. Johnson and Garcia will executive produce the event programs. The goal is …

NEW YORK: U.S. network truTV has greenlit Those Who Can’t, its first scripted comedy. The 10×30-minute series, which is set to debut early next year, stars show creators Adam Cayton-Holland, Andrew Orvedahl and Ben Roy as a trio of frustrated high school teachers. Thank You, Brain! Productions and 3 Arts …

UNIVERSAL CITY: Universal Cable Productions (UCP) has struck up an overall deal with reality TV producer Charlie Ebersol of The Company. The partnership marks the first overall deal The Company has made in scripted television, bolstering its efforts to expand into the scripted world. As part of the deal, Ebersol will develop and …

LOS ANGELES: In a recent survey of media consumption behaviors of viewers 13 to 24, DEFY Media has found that the Internet is the dominant platform of choice for Millennials, who report that digital delivers more relatable and entertaining programming. According to the survey, 69 percent of viewers 13 to …

NEW YORK: A+E Studios has entered into a multiyear first-look development deal with the screenwriter and producer Michael Hirst, the creator of the hit drama series Vikings. Hirst will work closely with the A+E Studios team to develop, create and produce original drama programming for the A+E portfolio of networks, …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES: Starting this fall, FOX stations in several U.S. cities are due to air Comedy Central’s popular web-clip series Tosh.0. FOX Television Stations acquired reruns of the long-running weekly clip/sketch comedy series featuring comedian Daniel Tosh. More than 120 episodes will be available for syndication to broadcast stations …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has unveiled a handful of premiere dates for its summer lineup, which includes a new season of the hit talent competition America's Got Talent. May 25 will see the return of American Ninja Warrior at 8 p.m. The action-packed program sees contestants compete in obstacle courses across …

LOS ANGELES: Tubi TV, a free video streaming service in the U.S., has secured an agreement with Paramount Pictures to bring more than 50 classic feature films from the studio's library to the company's ad-supported video applications. Films currently featured on Tubi TV include Top Gun, Basic Instinct, Total Recall, Star …

NEW YORK: According to Nielsen’s latest Total Audience Report, 41 percent of U.S. homes had access to an SVOD service in Q4 2014, an increase of 36 percent from the same quarter a year ago. “When looking at how homes with access to subscription-based streaming services compare to a typical …

SINGAPORE: This year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin is set to use cloud-provider Brightcove’s suite of video technologies to deliver live and on-demand video experiences. The event, due to take place March 13 to 22, will utilize the Brightcove Video Cloud online platform to send content across any …