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LOS ANGELES: As part of a reshuffle within NBC's comedy programming department, Bela Bajaria has been promoted to president of Universal Television, while Tracey Pakosta moves to the network to take on the role of executive VP of comedy programming. Pakosta had been serving as head of comedy development at …

LOS ANGELES: Discovery Consumer Products has expanded the role of Doris Miller from VP of retail sales and business development for North America to VP of global retail sales and business development. In her new position, Miller will work with the global licensing division to expand and develop retail strategies …

ATLANTA: Katz Broadcasting's Grit has inked a deal with Sony Pictures Television that will see the new male-skewing channel begin airing all eight seasons of the hit action series Walker, Texas Ranger this summer. Walker, Texas Ranger stars Chuck Norris as Texas Ranger Sgt. Cordell Walker, a Marine Corps veteran. …

LOS ANGELES: The nominations for the 31st Annual Television Critics Association (TCA) Awards have been announced, with the dramas Mad Men, Game of Thrones and The Americans facing off with newcomers Empire and Transparent for program of the year. The nominations are spread across five broadcast networks—ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX …

ATLANTA: Deborah Bradley has been elevated to executive VP of networks and programming optimization, content strategy and commercialization for Turner Broadcasting System. Bradley is responsible for all acquisitions, licensing, program planning, scheduling, operations and inventory management for TNT and TBS networks and their digital and mobile platforms. Bradley, who also …

LONDON: NBC Sports Group, including NBC and Golf Channel, has become the U.S. home for golf's Open Championship, starting in 2017 through 2028. The agreement with the R&A includes coverage across all media of The Open, The Senior Open, Walker Cup and The Amateur Championship. The coverage will be featured …

NEW YORK: The newly announced Showtime stand-alone streaming service has lined up two new partners, Roku and PlayStation Vue, in addition to Apple. Roku’s customer base will be able to subscribe to Showtime by going to the Showtime app within the Roku Channel store on Roku players and Roku TV …

MONTREAL/LOS ANGELES: Muse Entertainment USA has appointed Lydia Storie as VP of development and Meghan Mathes as director of development, while also promoting Scott Clayton to manager of development. The new Los Angeles-based team is responsible for expanding the company's catalogue of scripted television programming, including serialized drama, large-scale event …

ATLANTA: Turner Broadcasting has unveiled Courageous, a branded content studio that will focus on multimedia "super stories" as well as long-form flagship series. The studio will produce relevant storytelling that meets the marketing objectives of advertising partners. Courageous content will then have the capability to be distributed across CNN's global …

PHOENIX: Channel Master TV is a new U.S. online video service that delivers live internet streams to the free DVR+ platform. The service is being launched by Channel Master, which has been manufacturing broadcast-reception products since 1949. The DVR+ records over-the-air broadcast content and provides access to videos and music-streaming …