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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 7: Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s award-winning British comedy The Office has scored several digital deals in the U.S., bringing it to BBC America On Demand, Netflix.com and Vuze.com. Beginning this summer, two seasons of six half-hour …

ATLANTA, August 7: This month, CNN will premiere CNN Presents: God’s Warriors, a six-hour documentary series on the global impact of religious fundamentalism, reported by chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour. The series will air across CNN’s U.S. and international networks …

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 …