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NEW YORK, October 27: Allison Corn and Chris Bryson have been named executive producers of Lion TV USA, working out of New York and reporting to EVP Tony Tackaberry. Corn will executive produce shows such as It Takes A Thief …

LONDON, October 26: Red Bee Media has created 12 new idents as well as an all-new graphics presentation for Ireland’s RTÉ One. The new channel identity will launch November 3. It is intended to express Irish heritage and values as …

BUENOS AIRES, October 26: Former Universal Pictures executive Rose Adkins has been named as president of global marketing for Indiecito Studios, an Argentine-based film animation studio with offices in Buenos Aires, Madrid and New York. Indiecito is best known for …

TOKYO, October 26: Second-quarter profit at the Sony Corporation plummeted 94.1 percent to 1.7 billion yen ($14 million), due in large part to the recall of the company’s laptop batteries. The company posted revenues of 1.85 trillion yen ($15.7 billion), …

PHILADELPHIA, October 26: Comcast Corporation’s triple-play bundling of cable, high-speed Internet and telephony services helped drive third quarter revenues up 22 percent to $6.4 billion, with an operating income that was up 46 percent to $1.2 billion. Announcing the results, …

LOS ANGELES, October 26: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) has made The Addams Family, the animated Pink Panther series and the sci-fi classic The Outer Limits available for purchase and download on the iTunes Store. The deal covers 22 half-hour episodes from …

LONDON, October 26: British media regulator Ofcom has said that it will amend its Broadcasting Code to allow for the sponsorship of commercial television channels and radio stations. The U.K. has allowed individual programs to be sponsored for the last …

MEXICO CITY, October 26: TV Azteca has announced its third quarter results, with revenues up 7 percent to Ps. 2,342 million ($218.4 million) and profit up 16 percent to Ps. 487 ($45.4 million). “We achieved outstanding revenue as a result …

NEW YORK, October 26: Calendar Girls and Four Weddings and a Funeral are among the features slated to air on BBC America, as part of the cable network’s new deals with Buena Vista and Sony. From Buena Vista the network …

TORONTO, October 26: Corus Entertainment posted revenue gains for the fourth quarter and full-year, and profit for the quarter was up to C$46.6 from C$9.7 million, while for the year profit halved to C$35.5 million from C$71.1 million. "It was …