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LUXEMBOURG: Strong gains in its ad revenues from Western Europe boosted RTL Group’s results for the first half of the year, with revenues up 7.5 percent to 2.7 billion euros and a net profit of 257 million euros, as compared …

TEL AVIV: Group revenues rose 4 percent to $26.3 million at Dori Media Group, driven by a 54-percent increase in revenues from the sale of telenovelas and formats to $9.1 million. The company also reported a 10-percent increase in revenues …

HYDERABAD: DQ Entertainment has signed up Off Road to produce a collection of footwear based on the animated property The Jungle Book. Off Road has picked up the rights to manufacture footwear for The Jungle Book such as indoor slippers, …

SÃO PAULO: Globo TV International’s documentary strand GloboDOC heads to China for a 13-episode on the SAGA event block, owned by the LIC Group. The documentary series showcases the Brazilian flora and fauna. The first titles to be aired are …

LONDON: The sale of audio-visual archive content generates 364 million euros in revenues annually, reflecting a compound annual growth rate of close to 5 percent over the last five years. The study, from Screen Digest and trade bodies FOCAL International …

LOS ANGELES: The Phoenix Group, which exclusively represents the R Squared Films catalogue, has signed Scott Hanock to a sales consultancy deal, launching its library distribution efforts at MIPCOM. The Phoenix Group’s primary focus is the horror and thriller genres, …

NEW YORK/LONDON/BARCELONA: Cynthia Kennedy has joined 41 Entertainment (41e) in a sales role, coming from a stint at Zodiak Entertainment. Kennedy will be responsible for English-, French- and German-speaking markets in all forms of exploitation, including the management of agents …

ENGLEWOOD: DISHOnline.com is a new video portal from DISH Network that allows customers to watch both live and recorded TV, with instant access to thousands of movies, shows, clips and more. Free with a paid subscription to DISH Network, the …

STOCKHOLM: Viasat Broadcasting has firmed up a licensing deal with NBC Universal International Television Distribution for the exclusive basic-cable rights to a range of films, dramas and mini-series for Viasat3 and TV6 in Hungary. Movies to air on the channels from …

LONDON: UKTV is to join Thinkbox as a shareholder as of January 2011, with the commercial-TV trade-marketing body then representing all the major ad-funded broadcasters in the U.K. UKTV, which was an original member of the consortium involved in the …