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CHICAGO: Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI) is expecting to report write-downs of more than $100 million in its next set of financials, with a projected operating loss for the fourth quarter. The company said it was expecting non-cash impairment charges related …

MIAMI: More than 120 contemporary Spanish-language films have joined the schedule of VeneMovies in the past year, among them is Kada Kien Su Karma, starring Blanca Guerra and Jose Alonso. Other titles that have joined the U.S. pay-TV network are Esto Huele …

LONDON: Liberty Global’s content division, Chellomedia, is reorganizing its channel portfolio operations in Central Europe, handling three channels from Chello Zone. Chellomedia now takes on the representation of Zone Romantica (for Poland, Hungary and Romania), Zone Europa and Zone Club (for Poland and …

ROME: Together with its formats distributor, Resonant TV, Mediaset Distribution will head to NATPE with a catalogue that is aimed at a diverse audience, covering film, drama and sitcoms.   The sitcom Young Enough has been around for 18 seasons …

LOS ANGELES: NATPE, which takes place in Las Vegas next week, has made several additions to its lineup, including providing a sneak peek at Joss Whedon’s new FOX series Dollhouse.  Whedon’s first TV series since the cancelled Firefly is set …

TORONTO: DECODE Enterprises has reached a deal for France 3 to broadcast the 26×22-minute 3-D series Chop Socky Chooks. The show, co-produced by DECODE Entertainment and Aardman Animations and targeting the 7-to-11 set, was commissioned by Cartoon Network worldwide and TELETOON in Canada.  Julien …

LOS ANGELES: ShineReveille International has signed a distribution deal for Love Productions’ new factual series Boys and Girls Alone, marking its first-ever, third-party agreement in the U.K.  The documentary series watches as ten boys and ten girls between the ages …

NEW YORK: NBC Universal’s fourth-quarter profits fell 6 percent to $865 million, on revenues that were down 3 percent to $4.4 billion. The results were announced by GE as part of its fourth-quarter and full-year figures. Jeff Immelt, the chairman and CEO …

LOS ANGELES: Cook Yourself Thin, based on the hit British series of the same name that teaches viewers how to cut calories in their meals, joins the Lifetime Television schedule this spring.  Hosted by culinary experts Harry Eastwood, Allison Fishman and Candice …

NEW YORK: NFL legend Michael Irvin has teamed up with 3 Ball Productions to develop an original Spike TV series that gives amateur football hopefuls a shot at joining the Dallas Cowboys training camp.  This untitled project was created by …