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PHILADELPHIA: Profit was up 4.7 percent at Comcast for the third quarter, with revenues that climbed 51 percent to $14.3 billion. Net income for the three months ended September 30 was $908 million. Operating income reached $2.61 billion, a gain …

SANTA MONICA: The 2011 American Film Market (AFM) gets under way today in Santa Monica, with more than 90 new buying companies and a 10-percent increase in buyer registration from 2010. Buyers from China are up more than 50 percent, …

NEW YORK: In this video interview, the internationally acclaimed German director Werner Herzog talks about the personal and emotional journey of making his latest documentary, Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, a Tale of Life.   Herzog, whose films …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Communications’ third-quarter profit was up 27 percent to $237 million, while revenue rose 18 percent to $1.1 billion. Discovery’s U.S. networks brought in adjusted earnings of $378 million for the quarter, a gain of 9 percent on …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES/LONDON: Lisa Wookey has been promoted to VP of marketing and communications for Entertainment One’s (eOne) TV division. The appointment is effective immediately, and Wookey continues to be based in Toronto. Her remit continues to include the development and …

BURBANK: ABC’s new game show You Deserve It, a Red Arrow Entertainment Group format distributed by SevenOne International, is to debut in the U.S. on November 21. Created by Dick de Rijk, the producer of Deal or No Deal and …

BURBANK: Warner Bros. Consumer Products and DC Entertainment have extended an agreement with Mattel to continue as master toy licensee for all DC Comics characters. Through the agreement, Mattel is granted access to the complete vault of DC Comics characters, …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide Channels is to launch season 18 of the popular motoring series Top Gear internationally, following its U.K. debut. After the U.K. premiere of the series, season 18 will follow 14 days later on BBC Entertainment in India, …

SILVER SPRING: TLC’s new reality series Long Island Medium has been picked up for a second season, expected to debut in March 2012 with 12 half-hour episodes. The series follows a real-life psychic medium who seems like a typical mom …

HONG KONG: Tiger Gate Entertainment is launching KIX HD, a new 24-hour channel offering on SingTel’s mioTV, to be included in an entertainment pack and also sold a la carte. KIX HD, available to mioTV subscribers on channel 54 starting …