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LONDON, November 9: ITV shares were up some 8 percent today following news that cable operator NTL has approached the British media company about a possible merger. ITV today confirmed that it has received from NTL a “highly tentative expression …

ENGLEWOOD, November 9: Starz Entertainment has entered into a six-year output and library deal with Warren Miller Entertainment, which specializes in winter action-sports films. The deal kicks off next month with a 22-hour “Shred Fest Marathon" on Encore Wam. The …

MILAN, November 8: Silvio Berlusconi’s Mediaset has reported a net profit for the third quarter of 36.6 million euros, down 3.7 percent on last year, on revenues of 677.4 million euros. Announcing its results, the Italian media company also confirmed …

EL SEGUNDO, November 8: The DIRECTV Group’s third quarter profits more than tripled to $370 million, on revenues of $3.67 billion, a 13-percent increase on the previous year. At DIRECTV U.S., revenues were up to $3.4 billion, and ARPU jumped …

LOS ANGELES, November 8: Paramount Pictures has signed a reported $10-million, four-year first-look deal with Martin Scorsese for a range of programming across all media, including feature films, TV movies and series, documentaries and digital content. The acclaimed filmmaker has …

LONDON, November 8: NTL, which today reported a £104.2 million third quarter loss, versus last year’s £53.5 million loss, is set to rebrand as Virgin Media in the first quarter of 2007. Despite the wider loss, the company did record …

REDMOND/NEW YORK, November 8: The NBC Universal Digital Studio, which develops multiplatform content, has entered into a deal to supply the web-only series A Big Life With Sissy Biggers to MSN Video. MSN Video users will have exclusive access to …

OSLO/LUXEMBOURG, November 8: SBS Broadcasting has reached a deal for its CANAL+ premium pay-TV channels to remain on the Canal Digital Nordic DTH platform until 2010. Canal Digital has also secured the rights to broadcast SBS's Nordic commercial channels—the Swedish …

ENGLEWOOD/SANTA MONICA, November 8: A range of feature film titles from Lionsgate will be made available on a VOD and pay-per-view basis on EchoStar Communications Corporation’s satellite platform, DISH Network. “Lionsgate is a great addition to both DISH On Demand …

NEW YORK, November 8: Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute is teaming with the GSM Association (GSMA), whose members serve more than 2 billion mobile phone customers across the globe, to create the Sundance Film Festival: Global Short Film Project. The pilot …