TV News: Programming and development prexy to replace Terry Wood — CBS TV Distribution has tapped Aaron Meyerson to replace Terry Wood as the syndie distributor’s new programming and development prexy.
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Meyerson named president of CBS TV Distribution
TV News: ABC originals return to solid numbers — The finale of NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” was below its season average but strong nonetheless for the last game of the year, dominating a night that included original episodes of ABC’s regular lineup.
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Football finishes big for NBC
TV News: U.K.’s Competition Commission likely to investigate deal — News Corp.’s planned £8 billion ($12.4 billion) takeover of U.K. paybox BSkyB is likely to be subjected to a six-month long inquiry by Blighty’s Competition Commission.
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BSkyB takeover faces probe
TV News: Measure restricts growth of Berlusconi empire — The Italian government, under pressure from the communications watchdog Agcom, has renewed rules limiting ownership of media outlets that were due to expire on Jan.
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Italy extends media ownership law
TV News: Highest-rating series in France — He might not have caught Red John, but Patrick Jane’s certainly hypnotized France.
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‘Mentalist’ hypnotizes Gaul
TV News: ‘Curb’ star set for new comedy — “Curb Your Enthusiasm” scene-stealer JB Smoove is set to star in a new laffer project in development at Fox.
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Fox makes Smoove move
TV News: ‘Life in the Ruins’ bows on Sunday — There will be no shortage of news retrospectives in the coming week on the one-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti on Jan.
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Haiti disaster remembered
TV News: Cymphonique to star in sitcom — Nickelodeon has picked up a sitcom pilot starring young recording artist Cymphonique.
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Nickelodeon dons ‘Braces and Glasses’
TV News: Dish, Comcast grapple over net, Style; Sinclair, Time Warner Cable scuffle — There was smoke but no New Year’s Day fire from two TV carriage fights that went down to the wire this weekend.
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Extensions for E!, Sinclair fights
TV News: Primetime portion of Dick Clark special draws 9 million — Auds continue to flock to ABC and Dick Clark on New Year’s Eve.
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ABC tops New Year’s Eve ratings
