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SINGAPORE, November 7: SingTel’s new pay-TV service mio TV has launched Tamil Box Office (TBO), a 24-hour channel offering Tamil-language movies from India. The channel became available this week and costs S$8.56 per month on a month-by-month basis, or S$6.42 …

LONDON, November 7: BabyTV, a 24-hour commercial-free network targeted at infants and toddlers under the age of 3, has secured additional carriage deals in France. The service will now be available on the ADSL operators Neufcegetel, Free and Orange. The …

NEW YORK, November 7: While revenues were up 9 percent to $11.7 billion at Time Warner for the third quarter, led by the cable, networks and filmed entertainment segments, profit fell 53 percent to $1.1 billion. At AOL, revenues were …

BEIJING/HONG KONG, November 7: MTV Networks China, Shanghai Media Group (SMG) and Chinese state broadcaster CCTV 6 have announced that they will broadcast the 2007 MTV Style Gala, featuring Paris Hilton, to more than 1 billion people throughout the region …

LONDON, November 7: In a submission to the Competition Commission, ITV has said that BSkyB should be made to sell its 17.9-percent stake in the British commercial broadcaster. Sky acquired the stake last November and has come under pressure from …

EL SEGUNDO, November 7: For the third quarter, DIRECTV has reported revenues of $4.33 billion, an 18-percent gain on the same period last year, although net profit at the DTH operator fell 14 percent to $319 million. At DIRECTV U.S., …

LONDON, November 7: Virgin Media has recorded a third-quarter loss of £61 million, 36 percent down from last year’s loss of £96.1 million, thanks to a net 13,000 gain in cable customers, as compared with the 70,300 customers lost in …

NEW YORK, November 7: According to Nielsen Monitor-Plus, total ad spending on Spanish-language media in the U.S. for the first half of 2007 reached $2.87 billion, a 2.3-percent increase over the same time period last year. While Spanish-language network TV …

NEW YORK, November 7: In the third quarter, net revenues at Univision Communications were up 4.4 percent to $529.1 million. The results last year included $24.7 million in revenues from the 2006 World Cup; excluding that amount, the Hispanic broadcaster’s …

SILVER SPRING, November 7: Discovery Communications’ revenues for the third quarter rose 6-percent to $745 million, led by gains at the international networks. International networks’ revenues increased 11 percent to $259 million. Net advertising revenue increased 19 percent, primarily due …