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STOCKHOLM: Swedish broadcaster TV4 Group has reported its best-ever yearly earnings, with 2010 operating profit rising 26 percent to SEK 807 million ($124.2 million). "Our record profit is testimony to the hard work that has been done throughout the group," …

NEW YORK: Production is under way on the two-hour pilot Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, the latest chapter in the Syfy hit. Blood & Chrome takes place in the tenth year of the first Cylon war. Luke Pasqualino leads the cast …

LOS ANGELES: Online entertainment publisher BuzzMedia has acquired the female-skewing celebrity and lifestyle website The Frisky from Turner Broadcasting System. Launched in 2008, The Frisky delivers entertainment, celebrity, fashion and women’s lifestyle content to more than 2 million average monthly readers. …

TEL-AVIV: Dori Media Group, in collaboration with Indiemedia, has scored a sale for its interactive format uMan to ITV Studios America for the U.S. market. The cross-platform show features eight contestants entering a "lab" for 21 days, during which their every …

SYDNEY: The Walt Disney Company Australia and New Zealand has appointed Haydn Arndt as general manager for Disney Media Distribution. Arndt is responsible for managing sales and distribution for Disney/ABC Television and The Walt Disney Studios content. He will be …

LONDON: Zodiak Rights has licensed the Keshet format Deal with It! to Shine Germany for ZDFneo, which placed an order for 50 episodes. KAPA in Greece also went for the format and will produce 13 episodes to air in prime …

LOS ANGELES: Rubicon Group Holding has named Shin Ueno as the director of global marketing and brand management at the company’s U.S. division. Previously the VP of brand management at 4Kids Entertainment, Ueno will head the development and execution of …

SUMMIT: Apparent Gravity Media (AGM) has scored deals with Israeli and Norwegian broadcasters for the Dew Action Sports Tour, a multi-sport event that is part of The Alliance of Action Sports (ALLI), which is jointly owned by NBC Sports and …

OXFORD: CITV has commissioned a third season of the hit children’s show Horrid Henry from Novel Entertainment. The new commission of 52 11-minute shows brings the total of Horrid Henry episodes to 156, making it one of the biggest animated …

LONDON: DCD Rights has signed a number of deals for its factual-entertainment content to the U.S., Europe and other international markets. BBC America, NRK Norway, Sky Network New Zealand and Seven Network Australia picked up Hammond Meets Moss, an hour-long …