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SANTA MONICA, November 1: American Cinema International (ACI) has concluded a raft of new deals at the AFM and has also announced that production is set to begin on Well, its fourth film with Zeitsprung Entertainment. SPI International has picked …

LOS ANGELES, November 1: Adness Entertainment has bagged a number of new Latin-American merchandising deals on the 3-D character-based kids’ franchise Crack & Bonky following Expo Licensing Latin America. Last month, Adness announced the acquisition of the North American and …

LOS ANGELES, November 1: The contract between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers expired last night with the two groups still unable to come to an agreement over the issue of residual …

LONDON, November 1: BBC Worldwide has named Neil Chugani as its CFO, succeeding David King, who has been appointed the managing director of acquisitions. Chugani will take up his new post in December. He will lead the financial team at …

HAMILTON, November 1: Third-quarter net revenues were up 55 percent to $174.8 million at Central European Media Enterprises (CME), which posted an operating income of $35 million and an EBITDA of $64.2 million, a 147-percent gain. In the quarter, TV …

NEW YORK, November 1: A&E has suspended production on its hit reality series Dog the Bounty Hunter, after the tabloid National Enquirer released a recording of the show’s star using a racial slur during a conversation with his son. In …

STAMFORD, November 1: World Wrestling Entertainment has announced third-quarter revenues of $108.1 million, a gain of 16 percent, however profit fell from $9.2 million to $8.5 million. Revenues from live and televised entertainment were up 5 percent to $68.8 million. …

BRISTOL/BASKING RIDGE/SAN DIEGO, October 31: ESPN Mobile TV, Verizon Wireless and MediaFLO USA have teamed up to air National Basketball Association (NBA) games live on Verizon’s V CAST Mobile TV for the first time, beginning today. The NBA 2007-2008 season …

SINGAPORE, October 31: This year’s Asia Media Festival (AMF), to be held in Singapore from November 14 to December 4, has announced that some 5,400 participants are set to attend, a 16-percent increase from last year. The total number of …

LONDON, October 31: The FA has concluded a range of new global broadcast deals for FA Cup and England matches, worth more than $300 million for the four-year period from 2008 to 2012. The identity of the successful bidders will …