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SILVER SPRING: Gains in advertising and affiliate revenues drove Discovery Communications 2010 revenues up by 9 percent to $3.77 billion, while Q4 revenues were up 7 percent to $1 billion. “Discovery delivered another year of strong and consistent growth in …

TORONTO: Portfolio Entertainment has hired Nancy Yeaman as the director of development, tasked with sourcing new projects and leading them into pre-production. Yeaman heads to Portfolio following a 12-year stint at DECODE Entertainment, where she most recently served as director …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER/PARIS: Lionsgate and Studiocanal have clinched a deal to distribute more than 550 titles from the Miramax film library on DVD, Blu-ray, electronic sell-through, Internet VOD and worldwide cable VOD. Lionsgate will represent the library in the U.S., U.K. and …

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 …

LOS ANGELES: Nigel Lythgoe has picked up the U.S. rights to co-produce a local version of DRG’s prime-time quiz show Secret Fortune with creators Wild Rover Productions. The Irish outfit Wild Rover has produced a U.K. version of the show, …