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TORONTO, July 16: Peace Arch Entertainment Group has recorded third-quarter revenues of C$20 million, more than double the C$8.8 million reported in the same period last year, drawing a profit of C$1.9 million, versus Q3 2006’s loss of C$400,000. For …

NEW YORK/FAIRFIELD, July 16: Despite posting a 6-percent drop in revenues, NBC Universal’s profit for the second quarter rose 2 percent to $904 million. The company’s revenues fell 6 percent to $3.6 billion for the quarter, and 15 percent for …

KNOXVILLE, July 16: Judy Girard will step down as the president of HGTV, the largest among the portfolio of Scripps Networks’ lifestyle channels, at the end of this year. "I have had an amazing time in television, and feel extremely …

MEXICO CITY, July 16: Grupo Televisa has received approval to acquire 49 percent of Mexico’s second-largest cable platform, Cablemas, on the condition that it makes its free TV channels available to all pay-TV operators in the country. A Bloomberg report, …

LOS ANGELES, July 16: This October, Nick Jr. will launch Ni Hao, Kai-Lan, a new half-hour interactive series that introduces preschoolers to the Mandarin language. The series, launching during Nickelodeon’s preschool block on October 22, offers 2- to 5-year-olds the …

LOS ANGELES, July 16: Ben Silverman, the new co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios, issued a raft of announcements at the Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour today, including tweaks to NBC’s fall schedule and several new programming …

LOS ANGELES, July 16: This winter, VH1 Classic will feature the U.S. premiere of the seven-part series Seven Ages of Rock, a co-production with the BBC that explores the progression of rock music. The new series will make its U.S. …

LONDON, July 13: Peter Fincham, the controller of BBC One, says he won’t step down over the blunder this week in which he showed reporters a clip from an upcoming documentary where it appears that the Queen is storming out …

HAMILTON, July 13: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has taken full control of TV Markiza in the Slovak Republic, acquiring the remaining 20 percent interest in the broadcaster for about $79 million. "Increasing ownership in our core stations remains a …

WINNIPEG, July 13: Third quarter revenues at CanWest Global Communications Corp. rose 7 percent to C$738.1 million, but profit was down from C$13.2 million to C$8.4 million. "Results for the third quarter were positive, led by continued growth in publishing …