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Acorn TV’s packed 2019 slate filled with brand-new series and returning favorites

Featuring #1 UK dramas MANHUNT and LINE OF DUTY, Season 5; Entertaining commissioned series LONDON KILLS and QUEENS OF MYSTERY; New Aussie/Kiwi dramas STRAIGHT FORWARD, MS FISHER’S MODERN MURDER MYSTERIES, and Lucy Lawless in MY LIFE IS MURDER; and Returning favorites like Iain Glen in JACK ...

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‘Catastrophe’ Back For Final Season on Amazon March 15

Comedy Catastrophe returns to Amazon Prime for its fourth and final season March 15. There are six episodes. Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan created the show, and star as well. Catastrophe is about an Irish woman and an American man who meet in London, conceive a baby, and deal with the resultant ...

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NIPPON TV ACQUIRES THE RIGHTS TO AIR THE SOUTH KOREAN REMAKE OF “MOTHER” IN JAPAN

TOKYO, JAPAN – February 15, 2019 – Nippon TV is proud to announce that it has acquired the rights for the Japan broadcast of the South Korean drama series “Mother”, a remake of its very own drama series “Mother.” It will air on Nittele Plus, a channel operated by Nippon TV group company CS Nippon ...

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KCET Original Programs Now Available for Streaming on the Free PBS Video App

Burbank, Calif. – Feb. 14, 2018 ­– The Public Media Group of Southern California, formed by the merger of KCET and PBS SoCal, announced today that KCET Originals series are now accessible for streaming on the free PBS Video app, expanding the availability of these diverse, award-winning programs ...

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Dorrego Named Fox Corp. Chief Investor Relations Officer, Nelson is Fox Stations CFO

Joseph Dorrego, chief financial officer of Fox Television Stations, has been named chief investor relations officer and executive VP of corporate initiatives at Fox Corporation, as the company will be known after 21st Century Fox’s merger with Walt Disney. Dorrego will lead the development and ...

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Graham Seeks DOJ Meeting Before Decision on ASCAP/BMI Consent Decrees

Senate Judiciary Committee chair Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has asked the Justice Department to hold off on lifting the consent decrees on music licensing groups ASCAP and BMI until he has had a chance to discuss them with antitrust chief Makan Delrahim. The decrees affect how those organizations ...

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POTUS: Fox News Does Not Set His Agenda

Billing it as "PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP’S BORDER SECURITY VICTORY," the White House issued a press release touting the appropriations bill as part of that victory and his declaration of a national emergency at the border as the other. That followed a press conference during which the President ...

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Primetime Ratings: ABC, CBS Tie on Weak Night

ABC and CBS tied for the win in Thursday prime ratings, both putting up a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That beat the 0.9/4 that NBC posted. For ABC, Grey’s Anatomy lost a tenth of a point for a 1.4 and A Million Little Things was a flat 1.0, then How to Get Away ...

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FCC's O'Rielly Names Chief of Staff

FCC commissioner Michael O'Rielly has hired Joel Miller as his chief of staff. He succeeds Brooke Erickson who exited the FCC for the private sector. Miller has been deputy chief of staff and legislative director for Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.), working on communications for the congressman, who is ...

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