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SCOTTSDALE, August 9: A new report from Arizona-based In-Stat predicts that the U.S. market for Portable Media Players (PMP) will hit 5 million by the end of the year, driven in part by the popularity of the Video iPod. While ...

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BURBANK, August 9: NBC has inked a deal with BBC Worldwide Productions for You’re the One That We Want, a talent competition for midseason that will search for the leads for a new Broadway production of the classic musical Grease. ...

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ATLANTA, August 9: Cartoon Network’s late-night Adult Swim block is bolstering its anime slate this fall with two new acquisitions: Trinity Blood and Bleach. Trinity Blood is based on the serial novels of Sunao Yoshida. Set in a future world ...

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BURBANK, August 9: Warner Bros. Online has announced plans to ramp up the web presence for three of its key animated brands: Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera and Scooby-Doo. "Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo and Hanna-Barbera are some of the most enduring properties in ...

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RIO DE JANEIRO, August 9: Twenty three media executives from eight Latin American countries participated in the first ever Global Media Aids Initiative Summit of Latin American Media Leaders, hosted by TV Globo in partnership with UNICEF, and supported by ...

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LOS ANGELES, August 9: The Lionsgate subsidiary Debmar-Mercury has acquired the U.S. cable and network television syndication rights for a slate of celebrity-based reality shows from 51 Minds Entertainment, including The Surreal Life and Flavor of Love. The package of ...

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LONDON, August 9: 3DD Productions, a division of the 3DD Group, has expanded into the feature film world, beginning production in London on the comedy I Really Hate My Job. Directed by Oliver Parker, the film stars Neve Campbell (Scream), ...

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BEVERLY HILLS, August 9: ROK Entertainment Group has brought its ROK TV streaming mobile TV service to the U.S. following its British rollout last year. Thirteen channels of content are available at roktv.com for 99 cents each. ROK has licensed ...

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EL SEGUNDO, August 8: Second quarter profit at The DIRECTV Group more than doubled to $458.7 million, on revenues of $3.52 billion, a 10-percent gain on the year-ago period. For the first half of the year, meanwhile, revenues rose from ...

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LONDON, August 8: After weeks of speculation, ITV’s chief executive, Charles Allen, has announced that he will step down on October 1, with finance director John Cresswell tapped as interim CEO until a permanent successor has been chosen. Allen has ...

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