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BEIJING, August 8: NBC Universal’s various assets are gearing up for more than 3,600 hours of coverage of next year’s Olympics in Beijing, 1,000 more hours than the combined total of every Summer Olympics ever televised in the U.S. The …

SILVER SPRING, August 8: For the three months that ended June 30, 2007, Discovery Communications recorded an 11-percent increase in revenues to $812 million, led by a 10-percent increase in ad revenues. The company also recorded a 4-percent rise in …

STUDIO CITY, August 8: Crown Media Holdings today announced that it reduced its second-quarter net loss from last year’s $227.4 million to $43.7 million; and unveiled plans to launch a high-definition version of the Hallmark Movie Channel in the first …

NEW YORK, August 8: USA Network has unveiled plans to launch Didja.com, a new website focused on advertising content that includes a social networking application and a free online archive of current and classic television commercials, movie trailers and other …

NEW YORK, August 8: This December, HBO in the U.S. will broadcast Sand and Sorrow, a documentary about the crisis in Darfur from Paul Freedman and narrated by George Clooney. “The tragic events taking place in Darfur unfortunately are a …

NEW YORK, August 7: Nickelodeon's TV movie Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp, which debuted in prime time on August 3, ranked as the highest-rated TV movie among tweens and total viewers in the network’s history, drawing more than 5.8 …

NEW YORK, August 7: The fourth annual BBC Showcase Latin America is set for the JW Marriot Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, September 16–18, with more than 200 executives from Latin American and U.S. Hispanic broadcasters slated to attend. “Growing …

LONDON, August 7: Fireworks International has secured the exclusive international rights outside of the U.S. to distribute more than 20 hours of comedic animated shorts from the digital entertainment company Mondo Media. Fireworks International has acquired the multiplatform international rights …

LOS ANGELES, August 7: Taffy Entertainment has completed licensing deals for new product based on the 2-D and 3-D CGI-animated series Code Lyoko, including a music CD, video games and T-shirts. EMI/Caroline Records recently released the CD Code Lyoko—Featuring The …

MIAMI, August 7: Dolphin Entertainment has sold the live-action Nickelodeon tween series Zoey 101, targeted at girls aged 8-12, to Televisa in Mexico, Ecuavisa in Ecuador and Antena 3 in Spain. The series has already been licensed into more than …