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LONDON: At ITV plc in the U.K., group revenues were up by 6 percent in the first quarter to £450 million, including an 8-percent rise in TV advertising revenues. Broadcasting and online revenues were up by 6 percent to £390 million. …

SINGAPORE: A deal for the broadcast rights to this year’s World Cup has finally been concluded in Singapore, with both cable service StarHub and SingTel’s IPTV platform mioTV set to air the matches. Both platforms issued releases noting they will offer all …

LOS ANGELES: India’s Reliance Big Entertainment has picked up a majority stake in Los Angeles- and London-based international film sales agent IM Global. In February, IM Globl clinched a deal to handle Reliance’s Hindi film output internationally. With Reliance’s equity investment, IM Global can benefit …

BURBANK: The drama Moonlight has joined The CW’s Thursday night lineup, and will air starting June 3 after encore episodes of the first season of The Vampire Diaries. In the series, Mick St. John (Alex O’Loughlin) is an immortal private …

LOS ANGELES: This year’s Produced By Conference (PBC), taking place June 4 to 6 at 20th Century Fox Studios, includes featured speakers from hit shows such as Curb Your Enthusiasm, Modern Family, Mad Men, The Simpsons, Cougar Town and more. …

NEW YORK: Production on the 10-episode TV Land series Hot in Cleveland, which marks the network’s foray into original scripted comedy, is slated to get under way on May 10, with the series premiere set for June 16. The sitcom …

EL SEGUNDO: U.S. satellite TV giant DIRECTV reported that its first-quarter revenues were up by 14 percent to $5.61 billion, doubling its net profit to $558 million. “We’re starting 2010 with record-setting financial results that point to the tremendous operating …

NEW YORK: Revenues were up by 12 percent to $3.5 billion at CBS Corporation, which was able to narrow its first-quarter loss from last year’s $55.3 million to $26.2 million. The company noted that adjusted net earnings for the period …

CINCINNATI: Reporting gains in both advertising and affiliate revenues, Scripps Networks Interactive posted a first-quarter profit of $72.5 million, a 20.5-percent increase on the same period last year. Total revenues at the company were up 32 percent to $469 million. …

TEL AVIV: Lead offerings from Dori Media Group for the L.A. Screenings include Split, Date Blind, Ladronas and uMan. Ladronas tells the story of a widow who discovers that her deceased husband, a prominent judge, was in fact a corrupt …