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STOCKHOLM, October 23: Modern Times Group’s (MTG) revenues for the third quarter rose 15 percent to SEK 2.6 billion ($404.8 million), while profit was up just 1 percent to SEK 292 million ($45.2 million). For the quarter, Viasat Broadcasting’s revenues …

GSN Hires Former Animal Planet Exec SANTA MONICA, October 23: GSN has named Joel McGee, previously with Animal Planet, to the post of executive director of development. In his new role, McGee’s responsibilities will include developing in-house original content as …

SAN JOSE/LONDON, October 22: The technology venture capital fund Pond Venture Partners has completed a series A investment round in TIOTI, a new TV programming portal. The recently launched site indexes TV content from across the web and currently contains …

NEW YORK, October 22: USA Network’s hit mini-series The Starter Wife is returning to the NBC Universal-owned cable channel as a full series, with Debra Messing again filling the title role. Messing will also executive produce the show, which will …

NEW YORK, October 22: Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group is launching myNOGGIN, an online subscription-based service for preschoolers and their parents featuring curriculum-based learning through game play. The ad-free service, part of Nickelodeon/MTVN’s efforts to ramp up its casual gaming …

LONDON, October 22: Paramount Digital Entertainment International and Arts Alliance Media (AAM) have signed an agreement for the digital distribution of Paramount Pictures titles on AAM’s Vizumi Network in the U.K. For the first time in the U.K., films distributed …

BEIJING, October 22: CCTV Sports Promotion, a division of the Chinese state broadcaster, and Puerto Rico’s SportsNow! International have struck an agreement to jointly produce and distribute worldwide the series Who's Who (The Rivals), featuring a selection of the world’s …

ATLANTA, October 22: Cartoon Network will premiere its new animated comedy Chowder in the U.S. on November 2 with a special one-hour episode during the new prime-time programming franchise Fried Dynamite. The original series is set in Marzipan City and …

AMSTERDAM, October 22: Off the Fence has received a commission from the BBC to produce Feeding the Giants, a one-hour documentary for the pubcaster’s Natural World strand. The program is currently in production and due for delivery in autumn 2008. …

LONDON, October 22: Entertainment Rights (ER) has inked a number of new broadcast, merchandising and distribution deals across its portfolio of kids’ properties, following successful stints at Brand Licensing and MIPCOM. ER has licensed the new BBC-commissioned series Postman Pat …