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Nick Australia Series Formatted for the U.K.

May 12, 2011

LONDON: This summer, Nickelodeon UK is launching the reality show Camp Orange, based on a series from Nickelodeon Australia that is currently shooting its seventh season. Nick Australia will co-produce the 6×30-minute series, which features four teams of best friends …

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BET Enters Partnership with Akil Productions

May 12, 2011

NEW YORK: BET Networks has signed a multi-year agreement with Salim and Mara Brock Akil of Akil Productions, the executive producers and directors of the hit series The Game. The husband and wife team will develop new series for BET …

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SPT Scores European Sales for The Big C, Justified

May 11, 2011

CULVER CITY: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has made a number of sales for The Big C and Justified in countries across Europe, including Norway, the Netherlands and Russia. The half-hour comedy The Big C, which is now placed in 171 …

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TMG Reports Record Performance in 2010

May 11, 2011

MUNICH: Herbert Kloiber’s Tele München Group says it achieved record revenues in 2010, with an operating EBITDA of $113.2 million. TMG’s revenues rose to $466.37 million from $430.61 million. The company also reported that the CinemaxX, theater chain, in which Kloiber …

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TV Latina Launches L.A. Screenings Preview Site

May 11, 2011

NEW YORK: The Spanish-language TVLatina.tv L.A. Screenings multimedia preview site provides you with a number of useful services in one location, including interviews with Globo’s Roberto Irineu Marinho and Azteca’s Mario San Román, along with a video on original programming …

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Channel 4 Reports Improved Annual Results

May 11, 2011

LONDON: Releasing its financials for 2010, Channel 4 says it recorded a year-on-year revenue gain of 12.6 percent to £935.2 million, with an overall after tax profit that soared from £300,000 to £38.6 million. David Abraham, chief executive, noted, "2010 …

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Peruvian Version of Lalola Finds Home in Venezuela & Ecuador

May 11, 2011

HALLANDALE BEACH: Frecuencia Latina’s Peruvian adaptation of Dori Media’s telenovela Lalola has premiered on free TV in Venezuela and Ecuador. The format, which was the original idea of Sebastián Ortega for Underground Contenidos, debuted on LaTele in Venezuela on May …

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Strong Q1 Gains for ITV

May 11, 2011

LONDON: Improvements in the British ad market helped drive ITV’s first-quarter revenues up by 11 percent to £500 million. TV advertising revenues for ITV were up 12 percent in the period, while external revenues from ITV Studios gained 7 percent to £64 million driven …

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Q1 Profit at Mediaset Drops

May 11, 2011

MILAN: Mediaset Group’s first quarter financials show a 26-percent fall in net profit to 68.4 million euros, with revenues flat at 1.1 billion euros. The company said the quarter was impacted by a "difficult international economic situation." However, it has …

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Zinkia & Langer Juice Partner for Pocoyo Promotion

May 11, 2011

LOS ANGELES: Zinkia Entertainment has inked a deal with Langer Juice Company for a promotional campaign in August for the children’s property Pocoyo. As part of the deal, consumers purchasing ten specially labeled bottles of Langer Juice throughout the month …