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NEW YORK: With its revenues plummeting from $53.5 million a year ago to $9.5 million in the third quarter, RHI Entertainment saw its net loss widen from $3.5 million to $16.7 million. “The third quarter was a difficult one for …

TEL AVIV/MADRID: Dori Media Group‘s interactive reality game show uMan will be adapted for Spain by mobile media and technology company Buongiorno. uMan is a cross-platform control game, based on an idea developed by Dori New Media and produced by Dori …

MONTREAL: The National Film Board of Canada’s stock and archival footage unit, NFB Images, has made its entire database available on Footage.net. The NFB Images database, which includes fully searchable text records as well as video clips, will now be …

LONDON: Media Entertainment Group (MEG) has expanded its business with the creation of a new format sales division, MEG Formats, to be led by Sarah Coursey. The new unit is based in London and has a further base in Rio …

SYDNEY: Beyond Distribution has sold its forensic crime drama Halifax f.p. to Universal Networks International for broadcast on 13th Street in Australia, which launches on Foxtel and Austar this week.  The 21-episode series has been sold in more than 80 countries, including the U.S., …

TORONTO: E1 Entertainment is producing a new Hallmark Hall of Fame TV-movie presentation, When Love is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story, which is set to star Winona Ryder and air on CBS.  Production has begun in Toronto on the …

LONDON: The 2010 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards and Spirit Awards will have their exclusive British broadcast on Film24.  The 16th annual SAG Awards, which are voted on by actors, will air live on Film24 on January 23. The two-hour …

NEW YORK: Richard Barry has been promoted to VP and director of on-air creative for all Nickelodeon channels around the world. A 19-year veteran of Nickelodeon, Barry was most recently VP of on-air for Nickelodeon U.S. He now takes on responsibility for …

LOS ANGELES/SILVER SPRING: Donald Trump has teamed up with TV One for a reality series that will star former Apprentice cast member Omarosa as she looks for a husband. Omarosa’s Ultimate Merger will feature 12 bachelors put through a range of …

KUALA LUMPUR: Rainbow Media has inked a deal with MEASAT and Ascent Media to distribute Sundance Channel and WE tv across the Asia-Pacific region. Both channels will be distributed via the MEASAT-3a satellite in SD and HD. Ascent Media will …