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MUNICH, November 6: Revenues for the third quarter were up 8 percent to 247.5 million euros at German pay-TV platform Premiere, which posted a third-quarter profit of 100,000 euros, versus its 32.6 million euros loss in the previous quarter. The …

WASHINGTON, November 6: National Geographic Global Media (NGGM) has appointed Edward M. (Ted) Prince to the newly created role of executive VP of operations. NGGM is a new group that combines all of National Geographic’s consumer-media assets. In the new …

LONDON, November 6: The BBC will go ahead with the broadcast of Monarchy: The Royal Family At Work, the documentary series at the heart of the “Crowngate” scandal that claimed the job of BBC One controller Peter Fincham last month. …

NEW YORK, November 6: Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group has promoted two executives: Stacey Kaufman to VP of digital marketing and Tony Zito to VP of The N Online. Both Kaufman and Zito will report to Steve Youngwood, the executive …

NEW YORK, November 6: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced that screen and stage actor Roger Bart will host the 35th International Emmy Awards Gala on November 19 in New York. Bart appears in Ridley Scott’s …

TORONTO, November 6: Jeff Sagansky has been appointed as the interim CEO of the Canadian production-and-distribution company Peace Arch Entertainment Group, with Gary Howsam being placed on administrative leave. The company reports that Howsam was arrested yesterday as part of …

MUNICH, November 6: Producer and distributor Your Family Entertainment has launched a new kids’ network in Germany named yourfamily, offering up content for kids of all ages. The channel is currently available on IPTV platforms Hansenet and Arcor and Eutelsat’s …

NEW YORK, November 6: The N has announced that production has begun on The N’s Student Body, a new reality series from Reveille, and on The Assistants, an original comedy series executive produced by The Tom Lynch Company. The N’s …

NEW YORK, November 6: IFC will premiere a lineup of new original non-fiction programming in 2008, including three documentaries: At the Death House Door, Heavy Load and Goth Cruise. Premiering May 2008, the documentary At the Death House Door examines …

LONDON, November 6: In the U.K., MySpace has launched Trailer Park, a new online film channel that will allow film promoters to post trailers for upcoming releases and interact directly with fans. Twentieth Century Fox has already signed on to …