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CHICAGO: Third-quarter net loss at Playboy Enterprises fell to $1.1 million from $6.2 million last year, while the company’s revenues decreased to $56 million from $70.4 million. Scott Flanders, the company’s CEO, commented: "The Playboy brand is an amazing asset that is …

   SANTA MONICA: Moving Pictures Film and Television has taken on the international rights to Wake, its first acquisitions since adding Gary Hirsch, formerly with First Look Studios and Sony Pictures, to its team. Wake stars Bijou Phillips (Almost Famous, …

PHILADELPHIA: Comcast Corporation has released its third-quarter results, with a net income of $944 million, reflecting an 18-percent increase, on revenues that rose 3 percent to $8.8 billion. Announcing the results, Brian L. Roberts, the chairman and CEO of Comcast …

SANTA MONICA: Madman Entertainment has taken on the Australian and New Zealand Distribution rights for Chris Rock’s Good Hair from Cinema Management Group. The doc explores the way hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relations and self-esteem of America’s biggest …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Communications’ revenues for the third quarter were stable at $854 million, 1-percent higher than this time last year, with a profit of $95 million, down from $134 million. U.S. revenues at the company gained 5 percent to …

LOS ANGELES: The Aura Film Partnership, formed by Christopher Petzel, the CEO of investment-banking and private-equity firm Broadside Capital, will focus on the production, acquisition and worldwide distribution of independent feature films.  The Aura Film Partnership has established an initial fund of $50 …

HONG KONG: The CASBAA Convention opened in Hong Kong today with good news about the region’s subscription TV industry; the number of pay-TV homes in Asia now stands at 326 million, showing an increase of 26 million homes this year. …

PALISADES PARK: In its 21st year as the exclusive international distributor of the Grammy Awards, Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc. (AHDI) has signed on a slew of international broadcasters for the upcoming 52nd annual music event. ITV in the U.K., Canwest …

COLLINGWOOD: Discovery Asia, Globosat in Brazil and ABC and SBS of Australia are among the broadcasters that have picked up documentaries from Looking Glass International.  A package that included Megawheel, Sunday at 5, Mad About English, Back Home: Roots of …

SANTA MONICA: Nickelodeon has ordered 20 episodes of Big Time Rush, a new live-action comedy series from Scott Fellows, the creator of Ned’s DeClassified School Survival Guide.  Nickelodeon is partnering with Columbia/Epic Label Group on the show, about four best friends who …