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World Screen Weekly, November 6, 2008 CHANNEL: Astro ARUNA COUNTRY: Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam and Singapore LAUNCH DATE: February 2006 OWNERSHIP: Astro All Asia Network DISTRIBUTION: 2.5 million in Malaysia and Brunei, and 500,000 in Vietnam. DESCRIPTION: The first-ever dedicated 24-hour …

President Fireworks International With so many executives in media business wondering what possible impact the global economic downturn will have on their businesses, Greg Phillips, the president of Fireworks International, is cautiously optimistic about the future. Certainly, the business-as-usual hustle …

November 2008 As the business of independent filmmaking is becoming increasingly challenging for many, with tightening credit and traditional business models beginning to falter, Regent Entertainment is positioned to continue on its successful course. And not for any changes it’s …

Chief Executive Studio Lambert It has been just over a year since Stephen Lambert stepped down as the chief creative officer of RDF Media, and already he has hit the ground running on a new venture, Studio Lambert. Launched in …

Producers The Pinky & Perky Show Britain’s superstar twin pigs Pinky and Perky captured the hearts of many as puppets on a BBC kids’ series that ran through the ’60s. This week, the lovable duo are back in an all-new …

October 2008 After months of speculation, Steven Spielberg last month concluded a deal to take back control of DreamWorks from Paramount Pictures. His backer for the reported $1.2-billion deal? An unlikely source in the form of an Indian media conglomerate: …

BURBANK, November 7: Like several other major media companies this week, The Walt Disney Company has reported a fall in its quarterly profits, which were down 13 percent to $760 million, despite a 6-percent rise in revenues to $9.4 billion. …

MUNICH, November 7: A poor performance at ProSiebenSat.1 Media's German free-TV operations resulted in the company posting a 3-percent fall in third-quarter revenues to 646.5 million euros. ProSiebenSat.1 recorded a 10.7 million euros loss in the period—considerably smaller than the …

SILVER SPRING, November 7: Driven by its international networks, Discovery Communications, announcing its first set of financials as a publicly traded company, posted third-quarter revenues of $845 million, an 11-percent increase on a year ago, with a profit of $134 …

NEW YORK, November 7: Announcing its third-quarter results, which showed an 86-percent revenue hike to $53.5 million, RHI Entertainment said it would be lowering the number of productions it delivers this year to between 30 and 35, as a result …