Programming

Nearly half of Americans with subscription TV service have used “TV Everywhere,” but awareness of the concept continues to lag, with only 22% of them saying they’ve ever heard of the term, according to a recent survey by GfK’s media research division.

Time Warner Inc.’s Turner Broadcasting System and Warner Bros. Television Group announced a deal with Netflix for complete past seasons of animated and live-action programming from Cartoon Network, Warner Bros. Animation and Adult Swim, as well as the TNT’s serialized drama Dallas.

The first two seasons of TNT’s remake of Dallas, produced by Warner Horizon Television, will be available exclusively via Netflix in January 2014.

NBC Universal announced its sixth carriage deal in about eight weeks Thursday, this time with the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative, a group that represents more than 1,500 rural utilities and affiliates in 48 states.

According to NBCU, the deal includes expansive rights to carry the Olympics, on-demand content from the programming giant’s cable and broadcast properties and TV Everywhere-like authentication rights that give customers access to live channels on several different platforms in and out of the home.

Cablevision Systems and Viacom headed into the weekend in the midst of negotiating a carriage renewal deal for 19 of the media company’s networks, including Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and MTV, with their current agreement set to expire Dec. 31.

Viacom and Cablevision reps declined to comment on the negotiations.

According to a source familiar with the discussions, the two sides are talking but “there’s still plenty of ground to cover.”

Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin are returning to co-host CNN's New Year's Eve countdown program.

The duo will be live from New York's Times Square on Dec. 31 from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. ET. It is the sixth consecutive year the pair will co-host the program.

CNN correspondents will provide reports from celebrations across the country throughout the night: Isha Sesay in Times Square; John Zarella in Kew West, Fla.; and Gary Tuchman in Eastport, Maine.