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NEUILLY SUR SEINE, July 24: French broadcaster M6 has delivered a net profit of 108.1 million euros for the first half of this year, a 7.6 percent gain on the same period in 2006. Revenues for the company were up …

NEW YORK, July 24: According to wire reports, NBC Universal is being sued for $105 million by a woman whose brother committed suicide after being caught on the newsmagazine Dateline NBC: To Catch a Predator. The AP reports that Patricia …

MILAN, July 24: Italy's De Agostini is expanding its media and communications unit with the acquisition of the Marathon Group from private equity firm Bridgepoint Capital and the company’s senior management for an undisclosed sum. De Agostini Communications already owns …

HILVERSUM, July 24: Former Endemol chief Aat Schouwenaar has been nominated to serve as the new CEO and chairman of the company, succeeding Elías Rodriguez-Viña. The move comes following the sale of the company  to Mediaset, John De Mol’s Cyrte …

LONDON, July 24: The fallout from RDF’s botched trailer for the BBC’s documentary on the Queen continues, with Five announcing that it will be conducting a review of its procedures and will co-author a handbook for independent producers with Channel …

NEW YORK/LONDON, July 24: According to the results of a global study on youth and technology, conducted by MTV and Nickelodeon in association with Microsoft, 59 percent of 8- to 14-year-olds still prefer their TVs to their PCs and only …

STOCKHOLM, July 24: Second quarter revenues at the Modern Times Group rose 10 percent to SEK 2.8 billion ($426.7 million), delivering a profit of SEK 362 million ($54.3 million), a 4-percent year-on-year gain. For the quarter, Viasat Broadcasting’s revenues increased …

HOLLYWOOD, July 23: The Emmy-Award winning FOX series 24 has announced that it will make significant environmentally-friendly changes to its production practices during the seventh season in an effort to educate and inspire its viewers to take climate change and …

LONDON, July 23: Channel 4 is working with Emap to create a leading music TV provider, with the British broadcaster acquiring 50 percent of Emap’s music TV business, Box Television, for £28 million. The joint venture will operate and expand …

SINGAPORE, July 23: StarHub has partnered with Hong Kong’s Goal TV and Ten Sports in Dubai for the launch of Football Channel, a new sports channel dedicated to 24-hour Barclays Premier League programming. The new channel will be available to …