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ENGLEWOOD: In the second quarter, Liberty Global’s revenues fell just 2 percent to $2.65 billion, but the company recorded a net loss of $93.1 million, as compared with last year’s $428.2 million profit, as a result of one-time charges. The …

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi Media Company has entered into a 50:50 joint-venture agreement with U.S.-based Gazillion Entertainment to create the first massively multiplayer online games (MMOG) studio based in the region. The JV is intended to develop the path towards …

LOS ANGELES: Infinity Media is expanding its operations with the launch of an in-house TV division, Infinity TV, to develop both scripted and nonscripted material. Infinity TV will spearhead the development and production of a wide range of reality-based programming, …

SYDNEY/LONDON: Hugh Marks is stepping down as the CEO of Southern Star, while parent company Endemol today announced a management restructure that sees new roles for Marco Bassetti, Paul Römer and Tom Toumazis. At Southern Star, Marks is stepping down as …

LONDON: Channel 4 has commissioned Darlow Smithson Productions to produce a new feature-length documentary, to mark the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, featuring recordings of calls from people who were trapped in the twin towers of the World …

NEW YORK: 4Kids Entertainment has enlisted Montgomery & Co. to assist its board in evaluating options for the future, including alliances with strategic partners or the sale of the company. 4Kids announced today that it retained Montgomery & Co. to explore its …

NEW YORK: The one-hour documentary special Extreme Interventionist: The Man Behind The Cleaner, premiering August 11 on A&E, will spotlight former addict Warren Boyd, whose personal journey inspired the cable network’s original drama The Cleaner. The project looks at Boyd’s …

LOS ANGELES: Paula Abdul has announced that she will not be returning to American Idol for the new season launching on FOX in January, following weeks of negotiations for a new contract. Abdul announced her decision via a Twitter post, …

NASHVILLE: CMT has secured a multi-year licensing deal with Twentieth Television to become the exclusive cable partner for the syndicated version of Mark Burnett’s Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? The syndicated episodes will run weekdays in prime time …

LONDON: NBC Universal Global Networks has picked up the rights to Disney-ABC Television Group’s syndicated drama Legend of the Seeker for its SCI FI channel in Russia, Poland and Romania.  Produced by Sam Raimi, of the Spider-Man movie franchise, and the creative forces behind Hercules: …