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CHICAGO, November 7: Third quarter net income at Playboy Enterprises more than doubled to $2.6 million, up from last year’s $1.1 million, but revenues remained flat at $82.8 million. Boosted by improved results in the entertainment and licensing businesses, third …

MUMBAI, November 7: Viacom and Network18, through its subsidiary Global Broadcast News, have completed the formalities leading to the formation of their 50-50 joint venture in India, Viacom 18 Media. The companies announced their plans for the joint venture in …

LONDON, November 6: Power will attend the Asia Television Forum (ATF) this month with a portfolio of new co-productions and a diverse slate of TV series and mini-series. Power’s lineup includes the 2×2-hour action thriller XIII: The Conspiracy, which stars …

MUNICH/LONDON, November 6: TV-Loonland has inked a series of international broadcast and home-entertainment deals for its BAFTA-nominated animated preschool property Little Princess. Little Princess has been placed in more than 120 territories. Cartoon Network Spain and Canada’s TV Ontario have …

MEVASSERT ZION, November 6: Israel’s Armoza Formats has sold the reality format Revenge of the Geeks into the U.S., the U.K., France, Spain, the Netherlands and Poland. The studio reality show debuted at MIPCOM. Negotiations are still underway with several …

PALISADES PARK, November 6: Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc. (AHDI) has completed new international broadcast sales for the 2007 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. The one-hour special has been licensed to Televisa in Mexico, CanWest Global in Canada, Network Ten in Australia, …

MIAMI, November 6: MTV Networks Latin America has made three new appointments and two promotions as part of a continued restructuring of its creative team for VH1 and MTV. The announcement was made by José Tillán, who was recently promoted …

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. …