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E also license programming to subscription video-on-demand services in the United States. Units of FFE license motion pictures and other programs to third parties for distribution for electronic sell-through, which enables consumers to acquire the right to retain such programs on a permanent basis. In international markets, units of FFE license motion pictures and other programming to subscription pay television, subscription video-on-demand, pay-per-view, video-on-demand, and electronic sell-through services operated by major third parties, as well as to such services operated by various affiliated entities. In addition, units of FFE license motion pictures in international markets for exhibition on free television networks, including basic cable programming services, both to independent third party broadcasters, as well as to services operated by affiliated entities of the company. Television Programming, Production, and Distribution Twentieth Century Fox Television (TCFTV): During the year ended June 30, 2012, TCFTV produced television programs for the FOX Broadcasting Company (FOX); FX; ABC Television Network (ABC); CBS Broadcasting, Inc. (CBS); NBC Television Network (NBC); Comedy Partners (Comedy Central); Showtime; and A&E Network. TCFTV produces, or has orders to produce, episodes of various television series, including American Dad, Ben and Kate, Bob’s Burgers, Bones, The Cleveland Show, Family Guy, Glee, The Goodwin Games, New Girl, Raising Hope, The Simpsons, and Touch for FOX; Sons of Anarchy and American Horror Story for FX; Don’t Trust the B—in Apartment 23, How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life, Last Man Standing, and Modern Family for ABC; 1600 Penn and The New Normal for NBC; How I Met Your Mother for CBS; Brickleberry and Futurama for Comedy Central; Arrested Development for Netflix; Homeland for Showtime; and Out There for Independent Film Channel. All other distribution rights, including international and off-network syndication rights, are retained by TCFTV, utilized by other units of the company or sold to third parties. Twentieth Television: Twentieth Television licenses both television programming and feature films for domestic syndication to television stations and basic cable services in the United States. Twentieth Television distributes a program portfolio that includes the company’s library of television and film assets, and first-run programming produced by its production companies for sales to local stations, including stations owned and operated by the company, as well as to basic cable networks. First-run programs distributed by Twentieth Television include the court shows Divorce Court and Judge Alex and premiering in September 2012, The Ricki Lake Show and Dish Nation. Twentieth Television engages in off-network, theatrical, and first-run program sales in the form of cash license fees paid by both broadcast and cable licensees, and in the sales of national advertising units retained by Twentieth Television in its programs. Twentieth Television licenses such shows as Modern Family, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Burn Notice, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Bones, How I Met Your Mother, The Cleveland Show, and Glee to cable and broadcast networks. Twentieth Television also manages and distributes the long running series COPS and sells national advertising on behalf of other third party syndicators. Fox Television Studios (FtvS): FtvS is a program supplier to the major U.S. and international broadcast, and cable networks. FtvS is producing the series Burn Notice and White Collar for USA Network, The Glades for A&E, The Killing for AMC, and The Great Escape for TNT, as well as the television movies Home Alone: The Holiday Heist for ABC Family and Prosecuting Casey Anthony for Lifetime. Shine Limited (Shine): Shine is an international television production and distribution group with 28 production companies across 12 countries creating and exploiting scripted and non-scripted content in the global marketplace. Shine companies include genre specialists, such as the U.K.-based Kudos (drama), Dragonfly (factual), Princess Productions (entertainment and multi-gen