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SILVER SPRING: Discovery Communications’ net profit for the first quarter surged to $119 million from the year-ago period’s $34 million, on revenues that were relatively stable at $817 million. "The growth Discovery delivered in the first quarter despite economic and foreign …

BURBANK: Disney Channel has ordered a third season of the hit comedy Wizards of Waverly Place, which is also set for a movie adaptation that will premiere in August.  Wizards of Waverly Place is TV’s number one program in its …

NEW YORK: Ahead of what is expected to be a challenging Upfront season for the U.S. networks, CBS has unveiled a national media campaign across on-air, online, radio, outdoor and print media platforms. touting its ratings success. The campaign, called "Only CBS", comes about …

CENTURY CITY: Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising has signed up its first licensing partners for the upcoming Family Guy spin-off, The Cleveland Show, and is seeking more partnerships in a range of categories.  Changes and Briefly Stated, which both license Family …

VANCOUVER: W Network has picked up a seventh season of the hit makeover series Style By Jury. Distributed by Thunderbird Films, Style By Jury watches as women undergo a revealing judgment by a jury of their peers. The makeover candidates …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered a federal appeals court to reexamine its ruling that tossed out a $550,000 FCC fine against CBS for Janet Jackson’s infamous "wardrobe malfunction" during the 2004 Super Bowl. In a performance during the half-time …

NEW YORK: Heroes, Southland and Parks and Recreation are among the shows returning to NBC’s lineup for the 2009-2010 season, alongside a host of new pickups, including four drama series. In all, NBC announced six new pickups. New dramas heading …

EL SEGUNDO/ENGLEWOOD: DIRECTV is to be merged with Liberty Media’s Liberty Entertainment division, which is due to be spun-off from the company. As previously announced, the spun-off Liberty Entertainment, Inc. (LEI) was to be comprised of approximately 54 percent of the …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Way Back, from six-time Academy Award nominee Peter Weir, is the first joint effort from the fund set up last year by National Geographic Entertainment and Imagenation Abu Dhabi. National Geographic Entertainment and Imagenation Abu Dhabi will …

SILVER SPRING: The AFI-Discovery Channel SILVERDOCS Festival will open on June 15 with a showing of Lionsgate’s More Than a Game and will close on June 20 with the world premiere of the HBO documentary film The Nine Lives of …