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LONDON: Channel 4’s high-definition service is set to join Virgin Media’s HD offering, which today added FX HD, MTVNHD and National Geographic HD to its lineup. 4HD, delivering programming like Skins, Shameless and Desperate Housewives in high-definition, will launch on the service …

TEL AVIV: Since launching Upgrade at MIPTV, Armoza Formats has landed deals in 15 countries on the format, including a multi-territory deal with FremantleMedia that includes Germany and France. A group deal was also secured with Zodiak Entertainment for the …

TOKYO/CULVER CITY: While Sony Pictures Entertainment delivered an operating profit of $19 million in the first quarter, on revenues of $1.8 billion, parent company Sony Corporation posted a net loss in the period of 37.1 billion yen ($386 million), with …

LONDON: Carl Hall has taken sole control of Parthenon Entertainment Group, after its majority stakeholder, private-investment firm Arkaga, went into administration. In November 2007, Arkaga Fund acquired Parthenon Entertainment and combined it with Entara. Arkaga has now gone into administration. Hall, …

HONG KONG/LONDON/MONTEREY: Media Partners Asia (MPA) and Screen Digest are partnering to offer research and consulting services to clients in international markets. MPA and Screen Digest will lend a wide range of consulting services to clients in Europe, North America …

NEW YORK: Second-quarter revenues at Time Warner dipped 8.8 percent to $6.8 billion, with a net income of $519 million, reflecting a 34.4-percent fall on the year-ago period. Jeff Bewkes, the chairman and CEO, said he was "encouraged" by the …

LOS ANGELES: FX has placed a 13-episode order for the original drama series Lawman, developed by Graham Yost and based on the Elmore Leonard character Raylan Givens. Timothy Olyphant (Damages, Deadwood) stars in the Sony Pictures Television and FX Productions series. He …

PARIS: M6 says its first-half results demonstrate its resiliency in a tough economy, with profit up 1 percent to 80.1 million euros, on revenues that were down just 4.3 percent to 678.3 million euros. M6’s ad revenues did take a …

SINGAPORE: AETN All Asia Networks (AAA Networks) and Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) are kicking off their two-year co-investment partnership by launching an open call throughout Asia for a host for a new HISTORY series, one of two originals …

HAMILTON: In the second quarter, Central European Media Enterprises (CME) recorded revenues of $186.2 million, a decrease of 38.9 percent as compared with the same period in 2008, while net income plunged 62 percent to $24.1 million. "Advertising markets have …