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BOULOGNE, May 23: Market-leading French broadcaster TF1 has announced first-quarter revenues of 88.5 million euros, an 18.8 percent gain on the year-ago period. Revenues were up by 7.3 percent to 702.3 million euros, with ad revenues up 6.1 percent to …

NEW YORK, May 23: CBS Corporation’s CBS Interactive division has acquired Wallstrip, an online property that produces and syndicates a daily online show focused on financial news. The Wallstrip team will work with CBS Interactive to build original web and …

TORONTO, May 23: CanWest MediaWorks has acquired 15 new U.S. dramas and comedies for Global Television’s 2007-2008 schedule, including NBC Universal International Television Distribution’s Bionic Woman and CBS Paramount International Television’s Cane. CanWest’s other acquisitions include Twentieth Century Fox Television …

LONDON, May 23: In a deal with CBS Paramount International Television, Five has acquired the exclusive terrestrial and digital rights to Californication, a new comedic drama series for Showtime starring David Duchovny. Five has not announced a broadcast date for …

TORONTO, May 23: Coverage of the National Football League (NFL) in Canada is moving from CanWest MediaWorks to CTV as part of a three-year deal that also includes exclusive rights to the Super Bowl. CTV has secured the exclusive Canadian …

LOS ANGELES, May 23: Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific), has renewed a multi-year, multi-genre volume agreement with ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation’s youth-targeted terrestrial channel Studio 23 in the Philippines. Under this agreement, Studio 23 has licensed an extensive range of programming …

EL SEGUNDO, May 23: DIRECTV says it is on schedule to roll out up to 100 national HD channels by year-end, with a slate of new offerings due to launch on the platform this fall, including four high-definition networks from …

LONDON, May 23: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) is offering up the international format rights to the new CBS game show Power of 10, created by Michael Davies. The deal follows CBS’s announcement this week that it would be picking …

NEW YORK, May 23: 4Kids Entertainment has expanded the reach of its 4Kids TV On Demand platform to 13.5 million homes through a recent launch on Cox Communications and an increase in Comcast’s digital cable subscribers. The recent launch on …

LOS ANGELES, May 23: PorchLight Entertainment has reached a multiplatform deal with Rounder Records to co-develop a range of programming and merchandise for the Boston-based tween pop group Girl Authority. PorchLight will begin its marketing, branding and public relations efforts …