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Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAMC Networks said an surge in the production of new programming helped boost its operations in the third quarter, resulting in a boost to profit as the company works to place its content in an array of new venues to court the rise of consumers interesting in streaming.The New York owner of the AMC, IFC and SundanceTV cable networks and distributor of the “Walking Dead” series, said net income rose to $110.6 million, or $2.60 a share, compared with $61.6 million,

In the midst of a major management change, AMC Networks reported third-quarter results well ahead of Wall Street expectations.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterMubi has acquired rights to climate change documentary “Invisible Demons” and plans to release the film in select U.S. theaters and on the company’s streaming platform in 2022.Directed by Rahul Jain, “Invisible Demons” premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and later played at the Zurich Film Festival and the BFI London Film Festival.

Kendrick Lamar, Ty Dolla $ign, James Fauntleroy and Snoop Dogg, with Martin also linking up with the likes of Cordae, Channel Tres, YG, Hit-Boy and Leon Bridges elsewhere on the tracklist (take a look at the full list below).The album was announced through a teaser aired on ESPN, and is set to be released this Friday (November 5) via Sounds Of Crenshaw/BMG.Martin hinted in a press release that it will feature elements of R&B, jazz, house, classical and hip-hop, as well as Cuban and West African

Terrace Martin is an artist who has remained cool and compelling throughout his career as a jazz fusion artist and producer. His career has led to musical collaborations of all kinds, and Martin is breaking out his contact list for his feature-filled album Drones, out this Friday (November 5).

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLos Angeles-based jazz saxophonist Terrace Martin, who first rose to prominence with his work on Kendrick Lamar’s 2015 album “To Pimp a Butterfly,” will release a new concept album titles “Drones” on Nov. 5 — this Friday.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeAMC Networks has upped Dan McDermott to president of entertainment and AMC Studios, expanding his domain to include business affairs, acquisitions and scheduling, as well as consumer PR.In doing so, McDermott assumes some of the oversight held by longtime AMC Networks chief operating officer Ed Carroll, who previously announced his departure from the company at the end of this year.McDermott most recently served as president of original programming for

AMC Networks’ original programming chief Dan McDermott is getting an expanded role and a new title: president of entertainment and AMC Studios. In addition to continuing to oversee original programming, production and its AMC Studios operation, McDermott will now also directly manage the company’s business affairs, acquisitions and scheduling and consumer PR functions, which includes talent relations and awards.

Director Joanna Hogg’s “The Souvenir: Part II” is a luminous, layered piece of work about recollection, remembrance, and memory. It’s also an exploratory meta-experience about filmmaking and the act of evoking an experience and a feeling.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAfter mounting glitzy presentations to advertisers at a stately Lincoln Center auditorium for decades as part of the TV industry’s annual upfronts, Disney now plans a big break with Madison Avenue tradition.The owner of ABC, ESPN and Hulu intends to ask advertisers and buyers to convene at a new, as-yet-undisclosed location where executives can interact with the company’s entire media portfolio in a more hands-on way, says Rita Ferro, president of Disney

Kendrick Lamar fans believe that long-awaited new music from the rapper could be on the way, after he changed his Spotify profile picture.Fans have been anticipating the follow-up to 2017’s ‘DAMN.’ all year, and speculation was renewed in the summer after the rapper announced his final album for longtime label Top Dawg Entertainment in a letter to fans.Speculation was then further fuelled when Kendrick registered a host of new songs with ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and

EXCLUSIVE: Rising actors Lamar Johnson (The Hate U Give), Aaron Pierre (The Underground Railroad), Marsha Stephanie Blake (When They See Us), and Kiana Madeira (Fear Street Trilogy) have been set to star in feature drama Brother, which is now filming in and around Toronto and Scarborough, Canada.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBCUniversal is on a quest to find something often believed elusive: a new system of measuring TV audiences who don’t always use traditional television to watch their favorite shows.

Lamar Odom, 41, enjoyed a successful career in the NBA from 1999 to 2014, during which he won two championship games and earned a plethora of individual awards. Also roughly during that time period, the now-retired basketball star became a father to one daughter, Destiny, and two sons, Lamar Jr. and Jayden. Lamar welcomed all three kids with former girlfriend Liza Morales, whom he dated prior to his marriage to Khloe Kardashian.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefHenry Cheng Kar-shun, who is the chairman of property development group New World Development, has taken control of I-Cable, Hong Kong’s largest cable TV network operator and the territory’s second largest pay-TV operator.Cheng-owned company Celestial Pioneer disclosed that it had struck deals that give it 72% ownership of Forever Top, a company that owns a 43% stake in I-Cable.Celestial said that it was buying 40.5% of Forever Top from two existing investors.

The digital publishing arm of Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActive Corp. has cliched a deal to buy Meredith, the 120-year-old Iowa-based publisher of People magazine and a stable of other storied titles.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorIn a challenging era for car sales, sometimes you need a team of superheroes to help get the metal off the lot.Lexus, the luxury-auto unit of Toyota, is joining with the Marvel band of altruistic aliens known as the Eternals, who are slated to be the focus of the next film from the popular Disney-backed entertainment unit.

Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre, Mary J.