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BURBANK, November 7: Like several other major media companies this week, The Walt Disney Company has reported a fall in its quarterly profits, which were down 13 percent to $760 million, despite a 6-percent rise in revenues to $9.4 billion. …

SANTA MONICA, November 6: Germany's Beta Cinema announced at the AFM that it has sold Paolo Sorrentino's Il Divo, about the controversial Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, to U.S. distributor MPI Media Group, among others. The German-language rights to Il Divo …

TORONTO, November 6: Filmmakers Yung Chang, Sarah Polley, Shelley Saywell and John Walker are set to participate in the inaugural CFC/NFB Feature Documentary Program, which will launch in January 2009. The six-month program was created by the Canadian Film Centre …

LOS ANGELES, November 6: The romantic comedy Virgin on Bourbon Street leads off Echo Bridge Entertainment's slate of new theatrical features available for the international market at the AFM, which opened in Santa Monica yesterday. Virgin on Bourbon Street stars …

LONDON, November 6: Five has commissioned Zig Zag Productions to produce Madonna & Guy: Where Did It All Go Wrong?, an hour-long documentary that features the ups and downs of the power couple's seven-year marriage. Set to air on November …

STUDIO CITY, November 6: Crown Media, the parent company of the Hallmark Channel in the U.S., increased its third-quarter revenues by 17 percent to $64.5 million and lowered its loss to $17.9 million from last year's $37.9 million. The revenue …

BURBANK, November 6: Tyra Banks and Ashton Kutcher are executive-producing a new series for ABC Television Network called True Beauty, which will feature good-looking contestants unknowingly being judged on their inner character. Hosted and judged by TV personality Vanessa Minnillo, …

CHICAGO, November 6: Playboy Enterprises recorded $6.3 million in restructuring charges and provisions for reserves in the third quarter, resulting in a net loss of $5.2 million, as compared with last year's $2.6 million profit. Without those expenses, the company …

ENGLEWOOD, November 6: While its revenues were up 17 percent to $2.6 billion, Liberty Global posted a third-quarter loss of $308.9 million, as compared with a profit of $40.4 million in last year's results, which included a one-time asset disposal …

LONDON, November 6: Announcing its third-quarter results today, British cable platform Virgin Media revealed that it will pay BSkyB a license fee of £30 million per year for carriage of the Sky basic channels, rising to up to £38 million …