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ENGLEWOOD, November 7: For the third quarter, EchoStar’s profit fell from $209 million to $140 million, despite a 16-percent increase in revenues to $2.47 billion. DISH Network added approximately 295,000 net new subscribers during the third quarter of 2006, ending …

CHICAGO, November 7: Playboy Enterprises has recorded a third quarter net profit of $1.1 million, less than half of last year’s $3.2 million, but better than the net loss the company had anticipated. Revenues in the quarter rose 2 percent …

NEW YORK, November 7: Sesame Workshop has entered into a partnership with Jakarta-based Creative Indigo Production for 156 episodes—a total of three seasons—of an Indonesian adaptation of Sesame Street. Dr. Muhammad Zuhdi will oversee the series’ educational component, developed with …

HONG KONG/SEOUL, November 7: Cartoon Network Korea, a joint venture of Turner Broadcasting System and JoongAng Ilbo (JAI), is set to launch November 11 as a 24-hour kids’ service featuring a mix of local and international content. “To make the …

RICHMOND, November 6: The 21st Annual Broadcast Gala Awards Show over the weekend named Slings & Arrows, from Rhombus Media, as best dramatic series, while Muse Entertainment’s Human Trafficking won the mini-series category and Vérité Films Inc. and 335 Productions’ …

NEW YORK, November 6: Quincy Smith has been named president of CBS Corporation’s new division, CBS Interactive, overseeing the company's interactive strategy and its implementation across CBS Corporation's various businesses. Reporting directly to CBS Corporation’s president and CEO, Leslie Moonves, …

ARLINGTON, November 6: PBS will air The War, Ken Burns’ highly anticipated seven-part documentary series about the Second World War that he has spent the last six years working on, in September 2007, it was announced today. The series, directed …

LONDON, November 6: By the end of October 2006, the Disney Channel original movie High School Musical had reached more than 25 million unique viewers across Europe, based on its broadcast on the Disney Channels, as well as on ProSieben, …

LONDON, November 6: ITV has acquired from Southern Star International the rights to the police drama Liverpool 1 for ITV3. The police drama is based in Liverpool, following the plainclothes department of Merseyside CID. “We are thrilled to be bringing …

PARIS, November 6: Incroyable Talent, the French adaptation of FremantleMedia’s talent show Got Talent, delivered 5 million viewers for M6 on its first night, a 43-percent improvement on the channel’s prime-time average. The viewing figures make Incroyable Talent the second …